BORN HULL 1878. ONLY CHILD OF MOSES AND HANNAH LEVY, AT 533 ANLABY ROAD, HULL. SON OF A PAWN BROKER JEWELLER. HE WORKED AS A PROVISIONS MERCHANT AND WAREHOUSE MANAGER. LIVING AT THIS HULL ADDRESS, WITH A COOK AND HOUSEMAID, (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED SOUTHWARK, LONDON. EX M/2381 ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORP. TRANSFERRED AS ACTING SERGEANT, 38TH ROYAL FUSILIERS (CITY OF LONDON) REGIMENT. SERVED WITH BRITISH JEWISH BATTALION IN PALESTINE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/08/1917, AGED 39. COMMEMORATED ON THE JERUSALEM MEMORIAL AWARDED THE BRITISH WAR MEDAL AND VICTORY MEDAL.
HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE HULL WESTERN SYNAGOGUE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL/ HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN IN THE MIDST OF BATTLE/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (Names)/ NATION SHALL NOT LIFT UP SWORD AGAINST NATION, NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANYMORE.
