BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JOHN HANDLEY (1852-1920) HANDLEY & DINAH HANDLEY (1858-1936), OF 125 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS), 10, BEECH GROVE, PRINCES ROAD, HULL AND 33, DE GREY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EX RAILWAY PORTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 316204 NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE MARRIED MISS HILTON, IN HULL, IN 1917. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (50TH DIVISION). REPORTED MISSING ON 27TH MAY 1918. LISTED AS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/10/1918, AGED 31.
HE BURIED AT GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 11/02/1919, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS BROTHER, GUNNER, JOSEPH HANDLEY, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/08/1917, AGED 31.
