BORN HULL 1900. SON OF CHARLES HENRY SARGESON (1855-1932) AND SARAH GRAY (1857-1913), OF 8, RUGBY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL(ARMY ADDRESS). SON OF A FISHERMAN. HE HAD ONE BROTHERS, CHARLES AND FOUR SISTERS, EDITH, ANNIE, ELIZABETH AND HELLEN, IN DOMESTIC SERVICE.
HE WORKED AS A RULLYMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 124 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37.5 INCH CHEST, FAIR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 08/11/1917 AGED 17. JOINED THE 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 11/06/1918. KILLED IN ACTION 2 MONTHS LATER, ON 26/08/1918, AGED 18.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS HIS SWEETHEART, MISS N. PENNY, OF 2, LOUISA TERRACE, ST GEORHGES ROAD, HULL AND HIS ELDEST SISTER, MRS EDITH ANN WILLIAMS, (1871-1955), AT 4, RUGBY VILLAS, DIVISION ROAD, HULL
BURIED: Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
