BORN HULL 1881. NEWLANDS. SON OF JOHN WATERS & HANNAH HEPWORTH (1856-1920), OF DRAX. HE HAD SEVEN SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS.
HE MARRIED AT GARFORH ON 21/11/1908. HUSBAND OF MARY WAITE, AT HAWKSHAW COTTAGE, GARFORTH. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN, GEORGE, LILIAN, ANNIE & ALICE. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CARTER.
HE ENLISTED AT GOOLE. SERVED IN THE 2ND KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/02/1917, AGED 36. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS DAUGHTER ALICE DIED ON 12/07/1918, AGED 3. HIS WIDOW RE-MARRIED AND BECAME MRS MARY LENG.
First name:
FRED
Military Number:
42330
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/02/1917
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
36
