BORN HULL 1877. SON OF SUZANNA MEGGITT (1854-1926) & JOHN THOMAS SAVILL (1852-1918), OF 23, MELBOURNE STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS BORN ON MANCHESTER HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN HULL. SON OF A NEWSPAPER PRINT OPERATOR. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND EIGHT SISTERS.
EMPLOYED AS A FIREMAN (SEWAGE PUMPING STATION). DESRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 143 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, DARK COMPLEXION, MISSING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
MARRIED 10 AUG 1899 AT ST PAULS CHURCH, HULL. HUSBAND OF LETITIA ANN HALL (1874-12/5/1916), AT 176, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, – ELDER SON, CLIFFORD H SAVIL (1900-1978); WINIFRED MAY (BORN 26 JULY 1903) & EDWARD TERRENCE SAVIL (BORN 7 JULY 1905)
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 16 NOV 1914. JOINED THE 124TH RGA (2ND HULL HEAVY BATTERY). POSTED FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO FRANCE, ON 28 APRIL 1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23 SEPT 1916, AGED 39. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR & 313 DAYS.
HIS WIFE HAD DIED OF APPENDICITIS, ON 26 MAY 1916. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS ELDEST SON, WHO WENT TO SEA.
HIS TWO DEPENDENT CHILDREN WERE CARED FOR BY BROTHER IN LAW, WILLIAM HARRY HALL, MANAGER OF THE TAYLORS LAUNDRY, ROKEBY. HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 13 SHILLINGS (MOTHERLESS RATE) ON 9 APRIL 1917, UNTIL THE CHILDREN REACHED 16 YEARS OF AGE.
ON 4 SEPT 1923 HIS DAUGHTER, WINIFRED MAY SCOTT, NOW 20 YEARS OLD, OUT OF WORK AND LIVING IN DONCASTER, REQUESTED FINANCIAL HELP FROM THE WAR MINISTRY. SAYING BOTH HER PARENTS DIED IN 1916, THE HOUSE WAS SOLD UP AND HER GUARDIAN HAD GIVEN WHATS LEFT TO HER BROTHER. HER UNCLE, ALDERMAN, T G HALL, WAS MAYOR OF HULL AND COULD VERIFY DETAILS.
NOTE: HIS BROTHER ELIJA MEGGITT SAVILL LIVED AT 47 ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL
