BORN BEVERLEY 1890. ONLY SON OF CHARLES HUDDLESTON (1847-1890) AND ANNE BRAY (1866-1939). HE HAD ONE SISTER, ANNE.
WAS EMPLOYED AS A SHIP OWNER’S CLERK. MARRIED ETHEL FISH (1889-1985), AT THE BOULEVARD, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HALL, IN HULL, ON 15/07/1910. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, JOHN, GEORGE AND ENID. THEY LIVED AT RINGROSE STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND AT 83 HUNTINGDON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 142 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 24/11/1914, AGED 24 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. FORMERLY 13/785 OF THE 13TH EYR & 4TH HULL PALS. TRAINED AT BEVERLEY AND RIPON. HE SERVED IN EGYPT FROM 15/12/1915. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. TRANSFERRED AS CORPORAL, TO ‘B COMPANY, 2ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. HE DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO HIS RIGHT THIGH AND LEG, ON 20/04/1918, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ETHEL AT THIS 1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS.
BURIED AT WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCIPTION, READS, “THY WILL BE DONE”
HIS NAME IS ALSO LISTED ON THE WILSON LINE CRICKET & ATHLETIC CLUB’S, WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR
