BORN HULL 1884. SECOND SON OF RICHARD SAXBY (1852-1924) AND ESTHER GALLON HARRISON (1855-1904). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. A DOCK LABOURER, LIVING WITH HIS WIFE, LUCY AT 34 SWANN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/04/1917, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO, LUCY HILL, AT 4, ANNS PLACE, FRANCIS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
BURIED: Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
HIS BROTHER, PTE., ARTHUR SAXBY, EYR, LIVED AT 9, PROVIDENCE PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL. HIS OTHER BROTHER, PTE., H. SAXBY, SERVED WITH THE CAMERONIAN HIGHLANDERS AND WAS WOUNDED ON 29/08/1916 (Hull Daily Mail 07 September 1916)
