BORN HULL 1886. SON OF WILLIAM RUSSELL (1856-1921) & LATE ELIZA RUSSELL (1860-1918), OF 25 GROVE STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS), SON OF A PLATERER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE ALSO WORKED AS A PLASTERER, LIVING AT 37, HEATHCOTE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
MARRIED AT ELSHAM, LINCOLN, ON 12 Apr 1909, AGED 23. HIS WIFE FLORENCE MARY REED, LIVED AT 37 , HEATHCOTE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, VERA, BORN ON 23RD MARCH 1914.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE 284TH ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/09/1918, AGED 32. BURIED AT MARTEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, ATTILLY, AISNE, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHNS CHURCH, NEWLAND, HULL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 03/10/1918.
HIS WIDOW LATER MOVED TO 28, BELMONT AVENUE, HARROGATE, YORKSHIRE.
