BORN SUTTON 1875. SON OF JOHN SPALDING AND MARY ANN EVERTON, OF HULL.
HE MARRIED LOUISA SIMPSON, AT HULL, IN 1894. HIS WIFE LOUISA, SON WILLIAM, AND THREE DAUGHTERS (CLARICE, IDA AND DORIS) LIVED AT 8, SUMMERGANGS TERRACE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL & 25, JAMES STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A HULL AND BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER. HE WORKED AS A COAL TIPPER AT ALEXANDRA DOCK.
HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. SERVED IN THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS, FOR THE 33RD RAILWAY OPERATING COMPANY. HE DIED IN THE FIELD, ON 25/03/1917, AGED 42. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW LOUISA NIGHTINGALE AND THREE DAUGHTERS. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE.
HE IS PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON THE 05/03/1915, WITH THREE OTHER HULL AND BARNSLEY COMRADES SERVING AT LE HAVRE. *
