BORN HULL 1894. SON OF SARAH HEPTON ,AT 13, HANNAH’S TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL.
HE HAD JOINED THE ARMY IN 1911 & BEFORE THE WAR WORKED AS A HULL CORPORATION ROAD SWEEPER (HEALTH DEPT.).
HE WAS 22 YEAR OLD WHEN HE DIED OF WOUNDS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT HE TAMPERED WITH GERMAN SHELL. HE.DIED IN A BASE HOSPITAL IN FRANCE ON 4TH MARCH FROM WOUNDS, RECEIVED THE PREVIOUS DAY. HE LEFT A WIDOW & ONE CHILD AT 125 ST PAUL’S STREET. HE IS LISTED ON THE ST. PAUL’S STREET ROH (PUBLISHED IN THE HDM ON 09/09/1916).
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM ON 27/03/1916. *
HE IS RECORDED AS DIED OF WOUNDS, ON THE MARY ELLEN TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, SHRINE. Hull Daily Mail 03 October 1916
HIS SURNAME IS LISTED AS HEPTEN IN CWGC RECORD. BURIED AT LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM
