BORN HULL 18/10/1890. SON OF JOHN PRIESTLEY (1861-1896) AND BRIDGET BRENNAN (1865-1936). HIS MOTHER MARRIED WILLIAM KIRK WHEN HER HUSBAND DIED. STEP SON OF WILLIAM KIRK. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHER. ALSO SIX HALF SIBLINGS FROM THE KIRK FAMILY.
A GENERAL LABOURER. HE MARRIED, MARY ADELAIDE STONE, AT HULL, IN 1914. THEY LIVED AT 52, PENNINGTON STREET, HULL. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, MONICA AND MARY.
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ANTI AIRCRAFT, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 14/01/1918, AGED 28. BURIED IN BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY ADELAIDE AT 13, KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
