BORN HULL 1886. SON OF THOMAS WEST (1865-1920) & CHARLOTTE EMILY TINDLE (1864-1937), OF 1, CUTHBERT STREET, GREAT UNION STREET, HULL. (1901 CENSUS) AND 18, SEWARD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF THREE BROTHERS LOST IN THE WAR. LIKE HIS FATHER GEORGE WAS A BRICKLAYER BY TRADE.
HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE, MATILDA BARWICK (1888-1962) AND HIS STEP CHILDREN MATILDA AND CLARENCE, AT 8, ROMA TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL – (1911 CENSUS) AND 4 WHITBY STREET, THE GROVES, HULL.
HE ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, SAPPER, 176710, ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH DUKE OF CORNWALL’S LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION 11/09/1918, AGED 32. HE IS BURIED AT THE VAULX HILL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE, WHICH CONTAINS 856 WW1 COMMONWEALTH BURIALS.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MATILDA. AND STEP CHILDREN MATILDA AND CLARENCE, AT 19 LIME AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS BROTHER, BOMBARDIER, WALTER WEST, 800854, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, WAS KILLED IN BELGIUM, ON 30/10/1917, AGED 27.
HIS OTHER BROTHER, HAROLD FREDERICK WEST, 10/272, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED, ON 10/10/1918, AGED 23.
