BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM WEBB (1856-1910) & LYDIA MARIA RAMSHAW (1859-1927), OF 8, ROSEMOUNT AVENUE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL (ADDRESS FROM HULL DAILY MAIL & 1918 ABSENT VOTERS LIST).
SON OF A SEA STEWARD AND BARGE LIGHTERMAN. SIBLING OF LILIAN MARIA WEBB (1892-1943); FLORENCE MINNIE WEBB (1886-1967); GERTRUDE ELIZABETH WEBB (1888-1965); SYDNEY WILLIAM WEBB (1892-1918) AND ALBERT WEBB (1900-1970).
PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WORKED AS A DRAPER’S ERRAND BOY, FOR MR JOHN CLOSE, LOWGATE, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. MARRIED ETHEL ROBSON, AT HULL IN 1917, WHILE SERVING IN THE 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS.
DIED AT TRELON AS A PRISONER OF WAR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 17/12/1918.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ETHEL, AT 25, CLARENDON STREET, HULL.
HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 15TH MAY 1919.
HE IS BURIED AT GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER SYDNEY WILLIAM WEBB, WAS KILLED THE PREVIOUS MONTH ON 01/06/1918.
