BORN HULL 1890. YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM TODD AND ROSE HANNAH TODD, OF 139 GODDARD AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD ELDER BROTHERS, JOSEPH, ALBERT, AND WILFRED AND FOUR SISTERS, LYDIA, ELSIE, BERTHA AND MURIEL. SON OF PAWN BROKER MANAGER.
HE WORKED FOR MESSERS. GILDER & SONS, (ANTIQUE SILVER), OF KING STREET, HULL. WAS AN A CAREFUL STUDENT OF SILVER AND SERVED AS A TRAVELLING REPRESENATIVE OF THE COMPANY.
HE ENLISTED BIRMINGHAM. JOINING WITH THE 16TH ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 21/11/1915. MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES ON 19/07/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/07/1916, AGED 27. PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE HULL DAILY MAIL 16TH SEPTEMBER 1916.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE OLD TOWN MEMORIAL IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
HIS TWO BROTHERS SERVED IN THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS AND 19TH LONDON REGIMENT. HULL DAILY MAIL 16/09/1916. *
