Pettingale, Alfred Ernest

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JOHN EDWARD PETTINGALE & SARAH ELLEN STUBLEY (1856-1915), OF 55 WALMSLEY STREET, HULL. SON OF A TOBACCO MAKER. HE WORKED AS A CHAIR MAKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 01/11/1915. HE MARRIED AT LINCOLN, IN 1916. HIS WIFE INA M PASHBY, LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN HE SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORP DEPOT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 307881, 730TH COMPANY, LABOUR CORPS. DESCRIBED AS A GOOD WORKER, WELL DISCIPLINED AND STEAD MAN. HOWEVER, AFTER AN AIR RAID ON 01/08/1918, HE BECAME NERVOUS. WENT ABSENT AND WAS FOUND BYTHE POLICE, 10 DAYS LATER, HANGING IN A TREE. THE VERDICT WAS SUICIDE. HE DIED OF A SELF INFLICTED WOUND, ON 17/09/1918, AGED 37. HE LEFT A WIDOW, BROTHERS, ALBERT AND WILLIAM, AND SISTER, ALICE.