BORN HULL 1896. SON OF MARTIN STARK (1867-1949) & CHARLOTTE MARIA DEALTRY (1865-1937), OF 10, PARAGON PLACE, SYKES STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). A LABOURER. UNMARRIED. SON OF A MERCHANT SEAMAN. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/12/1914 AGED 19. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT TALL, 123 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST SIZE, A HEART TATTOO ON HIS LEFT ARM. SERVED IN THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT 2ND HULL PALS BATTALION, KNOWN AS THE TRADESMEN. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WOUNDED IN ACTION, ON 28/04/1917. REJONED HIS UNIT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 22. HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, CHARLOTTE.
NOTE: HIS BROTHER MARTIN STARK SERVED WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND LIVED AT 27 WALLIKER STREET, HULL.
HIS BROTHER, ERNEST ALFRED STARK SERVED IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, AND LIVED AT 21 ANN’S PLACE, SYKE STREET, HULL.
