BORN HULL 26/06/1889. SON OF THOMAS WILDBORE (1865-1937) AND JESSIE DUNCAN (1867-1949). FROM A FISHING FAMILY. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN AND NINE BROTHERS (JAMES, HAROLD, THOMAS, RICHARD, ALBERT, ERNEST, HARRY AND SYDNEY).
A FISH DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN APRIL 1909. HIS WIFE GENESTA WILSON (1889-1988) AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 12 EMILY GROVE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. AND WENT TO FRANCE WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 18/03/1915. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT “HILL 60”, ON 05/05/1915, AGED 26. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND TWO SONS. THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, MINNIE DIED IN 1915, AGED 2.
NOTE: BROTHERS; HAROLD WILDBORE, LIVED AT BEAUMONT AVENUE, ST GEORGES ROAD; ERNEST & TOM WILDBORE- 50 GILLETT STREET, HULL
From Ben McBean 13/03/2014 – PRIVATE Joseph Wildbore 35267(b.26/06/89 d.5/05/15). The family were fishermen from Sculcoates in Hull. The story I was told as a child by my gran, was that on the outbreak of war all of the brothers and sisters (her Uncles, Aunt and Father) enlisted. I believe there were 9 brothers and 1 sister and that the local news ran a story on the family at the time. Joseph was the only one to die; he died at Ypres. My great grandfather his younger brother had his arm blown off in a trench when retreating. Joseph’s widow Genesta ended up marrying his younger brother Albert (1895-1947); who I was fortunate to meet when I was very young.
His name is listed on the Brighton Street Shrine, Hull (Hull Daily Mail 30 August 1916)
