BORN HULL, ON 18/12/1897, AT 250 NEWLAND AVENUE. ELDEST SON OF MR WATSON HENRY LONGBONE (1875-1965) & MARY ELLEN STOBBART (1878-1956), OF 125 FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM. (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS, WHO ALL LIVED AT 125 FINKLE STREET.
HE WAS A FARM SERVANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 3 INCHES TALL, 34-37 INCH CHEST, 120 LBS WEIGHT.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 29/11/1915. POSTED TO THE 146TH HULL HEAVY BATTERY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 17/06/1916. INVALIDED HOME, ON 02/08/1916, WITH LUMBAGO. RETURNED TO FRANCE, ON 23/01/1918. DIED OF WOUNDS (COMPOUND FRACTURE TO RIGHT FEMUR), ON 03/05/1918, AGED 20, AT THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN CASUALTY CLEARING STATION.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON COTTINGHAM ROLL OF HONOUR.
BURIED AT ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “AT REST”.
