BORN MANGROVE KEY, BAHAMAS, 31/03/1895, WHICH WAS THEN PART OF THE BRITISH WEST INDIES. BOTH PARENTS DECEASED. HE WORKED AS A FARMER AND SAILOR. HIS BROTHER, JERIMIAH, LIVED IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA. HIS SISTER, ROSELINA, LIVED AT THE POLICE BARRACKS, NASSAU, BAHAMAS. HE ENLISTED IN PHILADELPHIA, ON 15/07/1918, AGED 24 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS UNMARRIED, 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 168 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST, BLACK HAIR, BLUE EYES AND “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. POSTED TO THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE’S OWN (MIDDLESEX) REGIMENT (FOOTBALL BATTALION). TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 61067, WITH THE 3RD LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 7/03/1919. BURIED HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER “SELINA”.
NO PENSION LEDGER RECORDS.
First name:
HUBERT BEN
Military Number:
61067
Rank:
Private
Date Died
07/03/1919
Place died:
Hull Northern Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
24
