BORN HULL 21/02/1892. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM SAUL (1860-1910) & ELLEN HEWON (1868-). HE HAD TWO SISTERS. EDUCATED AT HULL, LIME STREET SCHOOL. A RECKITT’S FACTORY WORKER, AT MORLEY STREET, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7 INCHES TALL, 38 INCH CHEST, 154 LBS, VERY GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE MARRIED ST MARY’S SCULCOATES, ON 22/06/1912. HIS WIFE, JESSIE TETHER (1892-1977) & TWINS, BERNARD & GEORGE (BOTH BORN 05/11/1912), LIVED AT 4, POPLAR GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 27/05/1915. JOINING THE 1ST HULL HEAVY BATTERY, THE FIRST ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY RECRUITED IN THE KITCHENER ARMY AND EQUIPPED AND PAID FOR BY THE HULL CORPORATION.
HE SERVED FOR TWO YEARS WITH THE HULL HEAVY ARTILLERY, IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA, FROM 01/01/1916. HE WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH MALARIA, ON 20/01/1917. RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 20/03/1917. POSTED TO FRANCE 14/07/1917. THE 1ST HULL BATTERY WAS REORGANISED TO BECOME THE 545TH SIGE BATTERY. INJURED BY A BOMB, ENTERING HIS DUGOUT. RECEIVED SHRAPNEL WOUNDS TO HIS BACK, LEFT LEG AND A FRACTURED SPINE. DIED ON 10/10/1918, AT THE GENERAL HOSPITAL, CAMIERS, AGED 26. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/10/1918. *
HE IS LISTED IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 5. HE WAS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM BY OFFICERS AND MEN AND HAD MANY FRIENDS IN THE BATTERY.
HIS BROTHER IN LAW, BERNARD TETHER, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/04/1918. THEIR NAMES ARE LISTED TOGETHER, ON THE STONE PILLARS, OF ST MARY’S CHURCH, SCLULCOATES LANE, HULL.
