BORN SIGGLESTHORNE, 1899. SON OF GEORGE ARTHUR PLAYFOOT (1861-1906) & ALICE PLAYFOOT, OF SIGGLESTHORNE & 3, CAVE TERRACE, CAVE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF AN AGRICULTURAL WORKER AND WIDOWED MOTHER, BOTH FROM SKIRLAUGH. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS GUNNER IN “C” BATTERY, 223RD ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. WOUNDED BY GUNSHOT TO HIS HAND, RIGHT SIDE AND FRACTURED RIGHT FOREARM. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 28/05/1918, AGED 19. BURIED AT VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE DIVIDED BETWEEN HIS SIBLINGS, EMMA, JANE, ALICE, FLORENCE, AGNES AND BROTHER GEORGE
HIS BROTHER FRED, SERVED AS CORPORAL, WITH THE 8TH EYR. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 09/09/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 30. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
