BORN HULL 1891. HIS SURNAME IS ALSO SPELT AS VACCARI. SON OF ARTHUR WALKER VACCARE (1865-1924) & SUSAN BUTCHER (1863-1925), OF 8, HORSHAM TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER.
HE MARRIED IN SCULCOATES REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 05/08/1915. HIS WIFE ALICE ANN BEADLE (1895-1969) AND HER DAUGHTER, GRACE BEADLE (1912-1999), LIVED AT 92 DAY STREET AND 17, MERRICK TERRACE, MERRICK STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS).
DESPITE BEING IN A RESERVED OCCUPATION. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915, AGED 24 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 137 LBS WEIGHT, 37.5 INCH CHEST AND OF ‘GOOD’ PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 03/08/1916. TRANSFERRED TO ‘D’ COMPANY, 11TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. WOUNDED AT POPERINGE, ON 22/09/1917. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 02/10/1917, AGED 26, AT 64TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ALICE ANN WRIGHT, WHO MOVED TO 17 EMMAS TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL. SHE REMARRIED AND BCAME MRS WRIGHT.
HE ALSO LEFT SIBLINGS, ARTHUR AND KATE VACCARE, BUT HE DID NOT KNOW THEIR ADDRESS..
