BORN HULL 1886. FOURTH SON OF HECULES YAXLEY OVERTON (1842-1891) & CHARLOTTE MESSENGER OVERTON 91852-1945), OF 3, CAUGHY STREET, PARK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BLACKSMITH. HIS FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS FIVE AND HIS MOTHER BROUGHT UP THE FAMILY. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE HAD SERVED TIME IN WAKEFIELD PRISON FOR HOUSE BREAKING IN 1908, AGED 22 AND 3 YEARS AGAIN IN 1910. A TIN SMITH BY TRADE. HIS BROTHER JAMES ALSO WENT TO PRISON FOR THEFT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO GALLIPOLI, ON 17/7/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 3/18095, Oxfordshire And Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS, ON 04/10/1917, AGED 29. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, CHARLOTTE.
HIS BROTHERS, JAMES (NFUS), EDWARD & WILLIAM OVERTON (NFUS) ALL SERVED AT 3, CAUGHEY STREET, HULL (1918 MILITARY VOTERS). HIS OTHER BROTHER GEORGE OVERTON, SERVED WITH THE CANADIANS DURING WW1.
