BORN HULL, 1887. SON OF EMILY DRIFFILL (1867-1922) & ALFRED TOOD (1857-1935), OF 85, VICTOR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL AND JAMES RECKITT AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS.
A WIDOWED RAILWAY SHUNTER, LIVING AT 7, ST GEORGES GROVE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 37-39 INCH CHEST SIZE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/12/1915. MOBILIZED ON 06/02/1917. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 22/05/1917. SERVED WITH THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED ON 12/06/1917 AND RETURNED TO ENGLAND. POSTED TO THE 88TH TRAINING RESERVE BATTALION DEPOT. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY, WITH TUBERCULOSIS, ON 24/07/1917. AWARDED SILVER WOUND BADGE (NO:123923). HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY, FOR 1 YEAR AND 226 DAYS. DIED AT HULL, ON 01/01/1919, AGED 32.
