BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS VINER (1855-1938) AND MARY ANN TODD (1853-1929), AT 243, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD AN ELDER SISTER, ELIZABETH AND YOUNGER BROTHER, JOHN. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A BOTTLER AND GENERAL LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED, IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE, ON 03/05/1916. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 5.5 INCHES TALL, 124 LBS WEIGHT, 34-36 INCH CHEST, ‘FAIR’ PHYSIQUE’, & CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
POSTED TO FRANCE, 29/08/1916 AND NEVER RETURNED. RECEIVED SHELL WOUNDS TO BACK AND BOTH LEGS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT NO:8 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 24/04/1917, AGED 25.
HE IS BURIED AT DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY ANN.
HIS STEP BROTHER, PRIVATE, CHARLES WILLIAM TODD, 27260, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED AT MALTA, ON 31/07/1917, AGED 41.
