BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM JARVIS (1849-1926) & ELIZABETH VAREY (1868-1931), OF 16 BRIGHTON TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET AND 15 DAY STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FRUIT BROKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.
A FORMER SOLDIER FOR 5 YEARS AND TERRITORIAL FOR 3 YEARS. HE WORKED FOR BLUNDELL’S PAINT FACTORY AS A CIVILIAN. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HULL & DISTRICT DRUIDS ORDER.
HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY FOR 5 YEARS, ON 18/05/1908. DECRIBED AS 5 FOOT 3.5 INCHES TALL, 33-35 INCH CHEST. RE-ENLISTED WHEN WAR BEGAN. PROMOTED CORPORAL, ON 05/08/1914. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT, ON 14/08/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. KILLED IN ACTION ON 29/06/1915, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 9TH AUGUST 1915.
BROTHER, ALBERT WALKER VAREY, ANOTHER HULL DRUID, WAS KILLED IN AN AIR RAID IN 1915, AGED 38.
HIS HALF BROTHER, MELBOURNE JARVIS, ENLISTED IN HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SAW SEVERE FIGHTING AT YPRES IN 1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE SOMME, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 17. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THEIPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, FRANCE. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 7 YEARS AND 57 DAYS.
