BORN DRYPOOL, HULL 1884. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM AND ALICE LANE,WALLER STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. MARRIED 24/10/1908. WIFE FRANCES DUNBAR LANE AND THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS, FRANCES AND AMY. LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. EMPLOYED AS A WAGON GREASER. HE WORKED FOR THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 9 INCHES TALL, 40 INCH CHEST, 157 LBS WEIGHT, GREY EYES, & BROWN HAIR. ENLISTED HULL, ON 09/09/1914. APPOINTED LANCE CORPORAL ON 16/04/1915. ARRIVED IN FRANCE 13/09/1915. WOUNDED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE 647TH AMBULANCE UNIT, ON 02/07/1916, AGED 31. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WALLER STREET MEMORIAL.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY WAR MEMORIAL, KEPT AT THE FAKENHAM GAS WORKS MUSEUM, NORFOLK.
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, PTE, HENRY LANCE, 13TH EYR WAS KILLED AT SERRE, ON THE SOMME, ON 13/11/1916.
