BORN HULL 28/03/1883, AT 4 COACH AND HORSES YARD, MYTONGATE, HULL. PARENTS DECEASED. HE MARRIED AT HOLY TRINITY,HULL, ON 21/06/1899, AGED 18. HIS WIFE WAS POLLY SAXBY (1880-1952). THEY LIVED AT 8 AINSLEY TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR SIX CHILDREN WILLIAM, ALBERT, THOMAS, ALICE, POLLY, AND ?. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 152 LBS WEIGH, 35.5 INCH CHEST, “GOOD2 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS ON 07/12/1914. ARRIVED IN EGYPT ON 29/12/1915. TRANSFERRED TO FRANCE ON 29/02/1916. KILLED IN ACTION AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 36. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE WW1 MEMORIAL, HULL.
HIS WIFE, POLLY, WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY PENSION OF 33 SHILLINGS AND 9 PENCE TO SUPPORT HER SIX CHILDREN. SHE LOST HER BROTHER, PRIVATE, THOMAS SAXNY, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, AT ARRAS, ON 20/04/1917, AGED 32.
