BORN BRIGG, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1893. SON FO GEORGE JACK (1848-1920) AND JANE ANN JOHNSON, OF COTTINGHAM AND BARTON. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE JOINED THE 2ND NORTHUMBRIAN BRIGADE TERRITORIAL ARTILLERY, ON 17/07/1912. WORKED AS A WAREHOUSEMAN, IN HULL, LIVING AT 65, ST GEORGES ROAD AND C/O MRS HAXBY, OF 4, RIPON VILLAS, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 05/08/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 38 INCH CHEST. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 20/04/1915, SERVING AS A BOMBARDIER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE WAS GASSED AT YPRES ON 26/05/1915 & INVALIDED TO ENGLAND, ON 08/06/1915. HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY, AS “UNFIT” ON 01/03/1916, AGED 23. AWARDED THE SILVER BADGE FOR WOUNDS, (NO:1041). HE MARRIED LAVINIA BATEMAN, IN HULL, IN 1916, AND LIVED AT 1, WHITEDALE, AIRLIE STREET, HULL AND 38, JAMES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE DIED OF HIS WOUNDS IN HULL, IN 1919 AND IS BURIED IN HULL.
