BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOSEPH ANSON JENNISON (1859-1909) & ELIZABETH JANE CANE (1872-1937), AT 3, BENVISTAS AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A BRICKLAYER’S LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WAS IN A REFORMATORY SCHOOL, AT WELBURN, YORKSHIRE (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS, AS A HORSE DRIVER. HE DIED OF FLU, ON 11/12/1918, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER WHO REMARRIED – ELIZABETH MELVIN.
HE IS BURIED AT STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE SLEEPS WITH ENGLAND’S HEROES IN THE WATCHFUL CARE OF GOD”
ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
HARRY ANSON
Military Number:
34634
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
11/12/1918
Place died:
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
25
3, BENVISTAS AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
