BORN KNOTTINGLEY, HULL 1893. ENLISTED HULL, OCTOBER 1915. SON OF BENJAMIN & SARAH MORTON, 56 GILLETT STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO WAR HE WORKED ON A KEEL. HE WAS KILLED BY A SNIPER ON THE 11TH NOVEMBER 1916. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND BABY TO MOURN HIS LOSS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 13TH DECEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
30896
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/11/1916
Place died:
Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France
Age:
23
