BORN TICKTON, BEVERLEY, 1896. SON OF AGNES (1866-1932) & ROBERT OVERMENT (1858-1920), OF KIRK ELLA AND 11 POPLAR VILLAS, REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS).. FROM A FARMING FAMILY. HE WORKED AS A GARDENER, IN TICKTON.
HE ENLISTED IN 02/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST SIZE. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/04/1916. SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. INVALIDED TO UK, ON 06/09/1916, WITH GUN SHOT WOUNDS TO THE RIGHT THIGH. RETURNED TO FRANCE,ON 09/06/1917, BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR IN OCTOBER 1918. REPATRIATED TO ENGLAND, ON 25/12/1918. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 24/10/1919, AGED 24.
HIS BROTHER, JOHN WILLIAM OVERMENT HAD DIED ON 03/01/1919, AGED 26. JOHN OVERMENT HAD ENLISTED ON 19/04/1915. SERVED IN FRANCE WITH THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. WAS DISCHARGED WITH TUBERCULOSIS ON 09/10/1916. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND TWO DAUGHTERS, ONE OF WHICH ALSO DIED IN 1919.
HAVING SEEN BOTH HIS SON DIE OF WOUNDS IN 1919, THEIR FATHER DIED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THEIR MOTHER MOVED TO 11 POPLAR VILLAS, REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL. BOTH BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE TICKTON WW1 MEMORIAL.
