BORN HULL 1894. SON OF SUSAN JACKSON. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, AND FOUR SISTERS, ALL LIVING IN THE HESSLE ROAD, AREA OF HULL.
A BANDAGE PACKER, FOR SMITH & NEPHEWS. HE MARRIED MARGARET ELSIE (BOAST), ON 08/04/1914, AT HULL’S HARLEY STREET, REGISTRY OFFICE. THEY LIVED AT 30, HUNTINGDON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS), WITH THEIR SON, JOHN HENRY (BORN 14/07/1916).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 08/12/1915, AGED 22 YEARS AND 69 DAYS. EX. PRIVATE, 26373, 14TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DESCRIBED AS 45 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 147 LBS WEIGHT, AND 38 INCH CHEST “CATEGORY A”. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE. ON 18/12/1916. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 53327, 1/5TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, ON 24/12/1916. WOUNDED BY A BULLET IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE 5TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, ROUEN , ON 15/11/1917. HE WAS AGED 23. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY, FOR 1 YEAR, AND 343 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW. THEY INCLUDED A METAL CIGARETTE CASE, TOBACCO POUCH, SILVER CHAIN, RELIGIOUS BOOK, DISC, PIPE, LETTERS (ONE UNOPENED), CARDS AND PHOTOS. SHE REMARRIED. BECAME MRS ASBRIDGE, AND MOVED TO 105, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL.
HE IS BURIED AT ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, FRANCE.
