BORN HULL 1885. SON OF FERDINAND KLEIN (1852-1891) & FANNY ANN MINEDEW (1846-1906), OF HULL. MARRIED ANNIE HODDER (1880-1953), AT SCULCOATES, HULL , IN 1909. EMPLOYED AS A SCHOOLMASTER AT GANFORD, BRIGG, LINCOLNSHIRE (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED AT EALING, MIDDLESEX, ON 01/05/1915. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT, ON 10/07/1915. DESCRIBED IN HIS ARMY RECORDS AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST AND VERY GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE SERVED WITH THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT. DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE ABDOMEN AND LEFT ARM, ON 15/10/1917, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN. THEY INCLUDED LETTERS, PHOTOS, SET OF DENTURES, WATCH AND CHAIN, AND PHYSICAL TRAINING CERTIFICATE. HE IS BURIED AT WIMEREAUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE.
First name:
FERDINAND
Regiment:
Military Number:
291229
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
15/10/1917
Place died:
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
32
190 , BLENHEIM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
