BORN WOLD, NEWTON 1888. SON OF ROBERT RUDD (1851-1839) & JANE SMEDLEY (1850-1916), OF WEAVERTHORPE, GREAT DRIFFIELD AND PATRINTON. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY’S RULLY MAN AND BOARDED AT 60, WHEELER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS)
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS DRIVER, L/15741, 129TH ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 30/12/1915.
HE DIED AT RECKITTS, HOSPITAL, ON 15/11/1918, AGED 30. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER
REMEMBERED ON THE PATRINGTON WW1 MEMORIAL AND AT ST PATRICK’S CGHURCH THERE
BURIED AT FOSTON-ON-THE-WOLDS (ST. ANDREW) NEW CHURCHYARD, YORKSHIRE, UK
First name:
JOSEPH
Regiment:
Military Number:
L/15741
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
15/11/1918
Place died:
FOSTON-ON-THE-WOLDS (ST. ANDREW) NEW CHURCHYARD, YORKSHIRE, UK
Age:
30
60 , WHEELER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
