BORN SHEFFIELD 1886. SON OF ARTHUR OVEREND, GRIMSBY UNION. HIS SIBLINGS, WALTER AND MARTHA, BOTH LIVED AT 169, STANLEY STREET, GRIMSBY.
HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 113 LBS WEIGHT, “FAIR” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
LIVED AT 8, PEARSON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS).
MARRIED OLIVE TOZER, AT SCULCOATES REGISTRY OFFICE, HULL, IN 1915. HIS WIFE, WIFE OLIVE AND HER TWO CHILDREN, GEORGE AND CATHERINE TOZER, LIVED AT 9, WILKINSON TERRACE, BEAUMONT STREET, HULL AND 4, SURREY TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES)
ENLISTED BEVERELY, ON 09/12/1915. CALLED UP ON 01/03/1916. TRAINED AT RUGELEY CAMP, STAFFORD. PRECEIVED HIS GRENADE CERTIFICATE, ON 26TH MAY 1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 02/07/1916. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EYR. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/07/1916, AGED 30. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL. MEMORIAL.
HIS WIDOW MARRIED ANOTHER SOLDIER, ON 23RD JULY 1917.
