BORN HULL 1888. SON OF ELIZABETH BROCKWELL, OF 50 RUGBY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HIS FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS YOUING AND HIS MOTHER MARRIED WILLIAM BROCKWELL.
HE WAS HUSBAND OF ANNIE PINDER. (NEE BOOTH) AT 14, EBOR PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A BOX MAKER. HE MARRIED ANNIE PINDER (BORN 27 JUNE1892), AT HULL REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 21/01/1911. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, ANNIE, SELINA AND CHARLES BORN BETWEEN 1912-1917.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/04/1915, AGED 28. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2 INCHES TALL, 137 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST, “V. GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. DURING TRAINING HE WENT ABSENT SEVEN TIMES, LOSING PAY AND RECEIVING DETENTION. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 21/12/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 17732, ‘A’ COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS GRANTED A WEEKS HOME LEAVE FROM 19/06/1916. RETURNED TO FRANCE. KILLED AT PASSCHENDAELE, ON 04/10/1917, AGED 29. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW. SHE WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 20/3 SHILLINGS ON 29 APRIL 1918. SHE REMARRIED & BECAME NRS ANNIE BOOTH. HE LEFT HALF SIBLINGS, BUT DID NOT DECLARE THESE ON HIS ARMY RECORDS.
