BORN HULL 1882. SON OF JANET HESSLEWOOD, AT 132 ENGLISH STREET, HULL.
HE MARRIED MAUD MAY LEAD, ON 07/02/1906, AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, HULL. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN, LIVING AT 34 AIRLIE STREET (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 48 WHARNCLIFFE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7.5 INCHES TALL, 154 LBS WEIGHT, AND 37 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED IN THE 13TH HULL PALS, ON THE 08/12/1914, AGED 33 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. SERVED IN EGYPT, FRANCE AND FLANDERS. HIS YOUNG SON CHARLES ACCIDENTALLY DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN HULL, WHILE PLAYING WITH MATCHES, ON 29/05/1915, AGED 23 MONTHS.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL IN THE FILED ON 16/09/1916. ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDED IN THE TRENCHES, ON THE 11/05/1917, WHEN A GRENADE MISS-FIRED. HE WAS CLEARED OF ANY SELF-INFLICTED WOUND. HE DIED OF WOUNDS TO THE THIGH AND ABDOMEN, ON 05/09/1918, AGED 36. HE HAD SERVED FOR 3 YEARS AND 272 DAYS.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW MAUD WHO MOVED TO 48 WHARNCLIFFE STREET, HULL. HE ALSO LEFT AN OLDER BROTHER.
HE WAS THE BROTHER-IN-LAW OF PERCY REDHEAD, KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/10/1914. (HDM 29/10/1918).
NOTE: JAMES WILLIAM HESSLEWOOD – 12 GOODWIN TERRACE, DAY STREET, HULL. MEDAL RECORDS SPELL SURNAME AS “HESLEWOOD”
