BORN HULL 1888. SON OF LATE THOMAS HECKFORD (1842-1902) & JANE HELEN CARLISLE (1845-1914), OF 1 LETTY’S TERRACE, DRYPOOL AND 1 IVY GROVE, BELLAMY STREET, DRYPOOL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN, INCLUDING FIVE SONS. WORKED AS A RULLEYMAN. HE MARRIED MARY JANE DRAX (1889-1961, AT HULL, IN 1914. HIS WIFE MARY JANE (LATER WINTERBOTTOM), LIVED AT, 3 FERNDALE AVENUE, EDGECUMBE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 19TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED AT NEWCASTLE, ON 30/06/1917, AGED 29. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY JANE AND DAUGHTER, MARJORIE (1916-1980).
NB: HIS BROTHER, FREDERICK WILLIAM HECKFORD, SEAMAN, LIVED AT 19 CLIFTON TERRACE, JANE STREET, HULL.
First name:
SIDNEY
Military Number:
73992
Rank:
Private
Date Died
30/06/1917
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
29
3 FERNDALE AVENUE, EDGECUMBE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
