BORN BEVERLEY 1886. SON OF JAMES MATHEW & EMMA (BOWSER). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN.
MARRIED ST STEPHEN’S CHURCH, HULL ON 29/09/1912. WIFE EMILY BILLANY FORMERLY WELBOURN AND DAUGHTER MARY LIVED AT 29, ECCLES STREET, COTTINGHAM AND 12, DERBY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A SOLICITOR’S CLERK & RAILWAY LEDGERMAN.
ENLISTED HULL 10/12/1915. SERVED IN FRANCE AS QUAY FOREMAN, CLAIS DOCKS FROM 5/07/1917 TO 7/10/1917. INVALIDED BACK TO ENGLAND WITH INFLUENZA AND BREATHING PROBLEMS. DIED FROM HEART FAILURE, AND INFECTION AT COLCHESTER MILITARY HOSPITAL, AGED 31.
BURIED HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY.
HE HAD LOST THE RANK OF SERGEANT WHEN HE RETURNED TO ENGLAND AND HIS WIDOW WAS AWARDED A LOWER RATE OF WAR PENSION.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE BEVERLEY WW1 MEMORIAL.
NB: THOMAS WELBOURN, ASC – 11 FLORENCE AVE, KIMBERLEY STREET
