BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE HATFIELD (1870-1948) AND ANNIE ELIZABETH HATFIELD (1872-1947), AT 27 PERTH STREET, CHANTERLANDS AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CLERK.
HE ENLISTED HULL, ON 16/11/1914, AGED 19 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. EX HULL PALS (EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT). SERVED IN EGYPT FROM 23/12/1915. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE ARMY CYCLIST CORPS. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY 30/12/1916. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND 45 DAYS. DIED ON 19/11/1917, AGED 21. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
HE LEFT SIBLINGS, MAUD, ALFRED, ARTHUR AND WILLIAM HATFIELD.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER ANN ELIZABETH HATFIELD, WHO LATER MOVED TO 88 MAYFIELD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
