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) AND 6, COLLINGWOOD AVENUE, FENCHURCH STREET, STEPNEY LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 19TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, 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 HARRIET DRAX (28/5/1916-1980).
NB: HIS BROTHER, FREDERICK WILLIAM HECKFORD, SEAMAN, LIVED AT 19 CLIFTON TERRACE, JANE STREET, HULL.
