BORN HULL 01/01/1883. SON OF JOSEPH MARKHAM (1845-1910) & SARAH ANN HANSLEY (1844-1899). A CLERK AND FORMER RECKITTS WORKER. HE MARRIED ELEANOR MATCHELL (1883-1940), AT HULL, ON 30/11/1907. THEY LIVED AT 7 COLERIDGE STREET, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, GUNNER, 151704, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/10/1917, AGED 34. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ELEANOR, WHO MOVED TO 134 DURHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE GARDNERS ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL MINSTER.
First name:
JOSEPH
Military Number:
267842
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
09/10/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
34
7 COLERIDGE STREET, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
