BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM REDFEARN (1857-1930) & ABIGALE CLARKE (1862-1914), OF 25 BLUE BELL ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN AND FOUR BROTHERS SERVING. HE LEFT A WIDOW, AGNES AND DAUGHTER, MARY, AT 1 BEECH GROVE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE HAD SERVED TEN YEARS IN THE ARMY, INCLUDING FIVE YEARS IN INDIA BEFORE THE WAR. HE WORKED FOR MESSRS. HARGREAVES BROS & CO, GIPSYVILLE, WHERE HE WAS MUCH RESPECTED.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED AS SERGEANT, IN THE 13TH EASY YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. SAW ACTION ON THE SOMME, AND AT OPPY WOOD. HE WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM), IN APRIL 1917 FOR GALLANTRY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/01/1918, AGED 28. HIS WIFE COLLECTED HIS MILITARY MEDAL AT HULL’S GUILDHALL, ON THE 14TH SEPTEMBER 1918. IT WAS AWARDED “FOR BRAVERY IN THE FIELD, BOMBING A GERMAN DUG OUT AND TAKING THREE PRISONERS.” HE WAS LATER KILLED IN ACTION. (SEE HULL DAILY MAIL 14/09/1918)
HE IS BURIED AT ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “NEVER FORGOTTEN”.
