BORN HULL 1884. SON OF HENRY VAREY (1846-1928) & ANN ELIZABETH VAREY (1845-1929), OF 9 WALTER’S TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 50 PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (HDM 29/11/1916 ADDRESS). HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER.
A FORMER SOLDIER, HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 12 YEARS, INCLUDING 8 YEARS IN INDIA. HE WORKED FOR BLUNDELL, SPENCE & CO. RE-ENLISTED ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 07/09/1914. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE HAD ALREADY BEEN TWICE WOUNDED. DIED OF WOULDS, AT NO: 2 CNADIAN HOSPITAL, ON 12/07/1916, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO BOTH PARENTS.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/08/1916. HE IS BURIED AT BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S PROVIDENCE ROW & HULL’S CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL MEMORIALS. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ALFRED VAREY, ANOTHER FORMER SOLDIER WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED IN 1916.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, BRIAN VAREY, 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 13/11/1916.
