BORN HULL 1896. SON OF MRS ALICE ANN PARISH (1868-1945) & THE LATE MR HENRY McKERNAN, AT 167 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN (ONE DIED). WORKED AS A SHIPWRIGHT. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 18/11/1914, AGED 19 YEARS AND 30 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 118 LBS WEIGHT, & 39 INCH CHEST. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 181, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO EGYPT TO DEFEND THE SUEZ CANAL. TRANSFERRED TO FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 02/06/1916, AGED 20.
HE IS BURIED AT BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 200 DAYS. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, ALICE. HE LEFT BROTHERS, WILLIAM, AND HENRY, AND SISTERS, EMMA, ETHEL AND BERTHA AT 167 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL.
