BORN HULL 1878. SON OF RICHARD TARBOTTON AND MARTHA HOLROYD, OF 6 JOHNSON’S BUILDINGS, GREEN LANE, HULL. YOUNGEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. LEFT FOR THE DARDENELLES, ON 11/07/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 37. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS ELDER SISTER, ELIZA SPINK, WHO LIVED AT 7 LION TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL WITH HER HUSBAND AND ELEVEN CHILDREN.
HE IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE BEAN STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 11 October 1916).
First name:
RICHARD
Military Number:
10414
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
37
7 LION TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
