BORN HULL, 1887. SON OF EMILY DRIFFILL & ALFRED TOOD (1857-1935), OF 85 VICTOR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL AND JAMES RECKITT, AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS).
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.
First name:
BENJAMIN
Military Number:
73642
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/01/1919
7 ST GEORGES GROVE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, UK
