BORN DRIFFIELD 1881. SON OF WILLIAM AND MATHILDA ROGERS.
HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 13/09/1908. HIS WIFE THE LATE ELLEN RYAN (24/10/1880-1918) & THREE CHILDREN, JOSEPH, MARY AND ELLEN, LIVED AT 4, ALBERT TERRACE, TERRY STREET, HULL AND 7, THOMAS AVENUE, WESTMORELAND STREET (ARMY ADDRESS).
A RULLYMAN AND COAL HAWKER. HE HAD ALSO SERVED IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY FOR 4 YEARS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 39-41 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 25/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY, ON 08/05/1916. DIED OF HEART FAILURE AND BRONCHITIS, ON 23/04/1918. AGED 37. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 105 DAYS. HE IS BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
First name:
JOSEPH WILLIAM
Military Number:
12/1429
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/04/1918
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
37
7. ALBERTS TERRACE, TERRY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
