BORN TADCASTER, YORKS, 1893. ELDEST SON OF JOHN WILLIAM VERITY (1863-1947) & CAROLINE (CARRIE) VERITY (1861-1946), OF 67 ELLS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 11 LAMBERT STREET, HULL AND 4 CRANBROOK AVENUE, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WORKED FOR OCEAN ACCIDENT (INSURANCE), LOWGATE HULL AND WAS A MANAGING CLERK, FOR MR JAMES RICHARDS, INSURANCE BROKER, HULL. HE HAD A LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AT NEWLAND. WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ST JOHNS CHURCH, HULL AND A CHOIR MEMBER THERE, FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. ALSO A SCOUT MASTER, AND A FORMER SERGEANT IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/05//1918, AGED 25.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 04/06/1918*
HIS PROBATE ADDRESS WAS 11 LAMBERT STREET, HULL. HE LEFT £172 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER.
HE IS BURIED AT FRANVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “EVER REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO LOVED HIM”
