BORN HULL 1877. SON OF ROBERT MUSSETT (1856-1911) AND FRANCIS ELLEN RIX (1856-1904). HE MARRIED MARY ELIZABETH FOWLER, AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN JANUARY 1898. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN.
HE WORKED AS A COOPER, AND SERVED WITH THE MERCANTILE MARINE DURING THE WAR. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE HESSLE ROAD, SEAMAN’S MEMORIAL, HULL.
77 GRANGE STREET IS THE ARMY ADDRESS OF HIS SON ALSO CALLED JAMES WILLIAM, WHO SERVED IN ARMY DURING THE WAR.
