BORN MELTON, BROUGH, YORKSHIRE, 1899. SON OF ROBERT SERGEANT (1856-1924) & EMMA PUCKERING, WHO LIVED MELTON, SWANLAND, NORTH FERRIBY AND LATER SELBY. SON OF A RAILWAY GATEMAN AND PLATELAYER. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. LIVED AT THE RAILWAY COTTAGES, NORTH FERRIBY. HE ENLISTED AT SELBY. SERVED WITH THE 4TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 12/04/1918, AGED 18. HE IS BURIED AT CROIX-DU-BAC BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK, NORD, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, 12/1512, ROBERT SERGEANT, 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 27. HE LIVED AT 20 BACHELOR STREET, HULL.
HIS BROTHER, DRIVER, 761248, EDWIN SERGEANT, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/03/1918, AGED 35. HE WAS A FORMER RULLYMAN AND LIVED AT 2 ST ANDREWS AVENUE, MARK STREET, HULL.
THEIR THREE WAR PENSIONS, WENT TO THEIR MOTHER EMMA SERGEANT, WHO MOVED TO SELBY.
