BORN HULL 1878. WORKED AT RANKS FLOUR MILLS, HULL FOR 21 YEARS. HIS WIFE ALICE WAITES (BORN 19 JAN 1878) & FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 8 OBAN AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SHE LATER MOVED TO 32 CLAY PITS LANE, PELLON, HALIFAX.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, JANUARY 1915. SERVED AS A SADDLER, SERGEANT IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/1917, AGED 39. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN – ANNIE, JOHN WILLIAM, JAMES AND SIDNEY. HIS WIDOW, ALICE WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 28/9 SHILLINGS, ON 29 OCT 1917.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON THE 9TH, 14TH JULY 1917, AND 9TH APRIL 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS BROTHER, 2ND LIEUTENANT, EDWARD, K. WAITE, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, A HULL TAX INSPECTOR, ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS AND WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS. (HULL DAILY MAIL, 20/11/1917).
| Name | James Edward Waites |
|---|---|
| Residence | Hull, Yorks |
| Death Date | 9 Apr 1917 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Regiment | Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery |
| Regimental Number | 82418 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
