BORN HULL 1878. WORKED AT RANKS FLOUR MILLS, HULL FOR 21 YEARS. HIS WIFE ALICE WAITES & FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 8 OBAN AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL. 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.
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. HDM 20/11/1917
First name:
JAMES EDWARD
Military Number:
82418
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
09/04/1917
Place died:
Beaurains Road Cemetery, Beaurains, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
39
8 OBAN AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
