Location: CODFORD ST. MARY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD Near South-East corner of Churchyard.

BORN NAFFERTON 1892. ELDEST SON OF BENJAMIN & EMILY SHORT, NAFFERTON. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. STEPSON OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON, AT 44 HOPWOOD STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER'S APPRENTICE. THEN WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY LINE. HE ENLISTED AT YORK, IN SEPTEMBER 1914. JOINED THE NER PALS BN, BASED IN HULL. HE DIED AT CODFOR […]