BORN HULL 1871. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS HIRD (1830-1901), AND CATHERINE MARIA FORSYTH (1833-1884). SON OF A HULL WOOD CARVER. THE FAMILY RESIDED AT 9. HARDING’S SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL
HE WAS WELL KNOWN AS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC FOOTBALLER IN EAST HULL. A FORMER INSURANCE CLERK AND CISVIL SERVICE TELEGRAPHIST. HE WORKED IN NORTH LONDON. RESIDED WITH HIS SISTER, MARTHA SMITH, AT 343 CITY ROAD, HOLLOWAY, ISLINGTON, NORTH LONDON.
HE ENLISTED AT HOLLOWAY, MIDDLESEX, ON 12/02/1915. POSTED TO THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. HE WENT TO FRANCE, ON 07/07/1915. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT LOOS, ON 29/09/1915, AGED 43.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/11/1915. *
HIS NAME IS ON THE ST CHARLES BOROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
