BORN KEYINGHAM 1893. SON OF WILLIAM CLARK ROYDHOUSE (1854-1900) AND ELIZABETH HARRISON (1854-1932) OF KEYINGHAM. A FARM SERVANT. HE WAS ENGAGED TO EMILY COCKERLINE, AND HAD A DAUGHTER, MYRA, BORN IN 1913. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/12/1914. EX GUNNER, 11TH HULL HEAVY BATTERY. SERVED IN EAST AFRICA. INVALIDED HOME. TRANSFERRED TO THE NORTH RIDING HEAVY BATTERY. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 37.5 INCH CHEST, 142 LBS WEIGHT, “VERY GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, TATTOO ON RIGHT ARM. HE MARRIED EMILY COCKERLINE, ON THE 07/03/1918 AT WELWICK PARISH CHURCH. HUSBAND OF EMILY ROYDHOUSE, OF “FAIR VIEW”, WELWICK, PATRINGTON. RETURNED TO FRANCE AND WAS KILLED THREE WEEKS LATER. HE DIED IN BELGIUM, ON 26/04/1918. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EMILY. HE ALSO LEFT BROTHER, ARTHUR, TOM AND ERNEST, AND SISTERS, EVA, JULIE AND MARIE. HE IS BURIED AT WESTOUTRE BRITISH CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “DEATH PARTS, DEATH JOINS MEMORIES”
