BORN DRIFFIELD 1887. HE ENLISTED HORNSEA. LIVED HULL.
SON OF THIAS JESSOP (1848-1927) & NANCY ANN COLE (1852-23/10/1919), OF 40, DURHAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) 64, SHERBURN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BUILDER’S LABOURER. HE HAD A BROTHER, GEORGE AND TWO SISTERS. HANNAH AND MARY.
HE WAS A COUNCIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS LIVING AT 1, BIRFIELD ROAD, CLAPHAM SURRY (PROBATE ADDRESS).
HE JOINED AS PRIVATE, 2981, 7TH MIDDLESEX REGIMENT. SPENT SEVEN MONTHS IN GIBRALTA, EIGHT MONTHS IN EGYPT, AND FOUR MONTHS IN FRANCE. TRANSFERRED AS RIFLEMAN, TO THE 5TH CITY OF LONDON, RIFLE BRIGADE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/09/1916, AGED 29. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, THIAS. HE ALSO LEFT £44 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER. HIS ELDER BROTHER, GEORGE (1875-1976) LIVED TO BE 100 YEARS OLD.
