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WILLIAM JENNING CLARIDGE
BORN WARNE, 1867. SON OF WILLIAM JENNINGS CLARIDGE.
HIS FIRST WIFE WAS EVERLYN CLUBLEY (1853-1891). HE REMARRIED ON 30/06/1906. HIS SECOND WIFE, SUSANNAH JOHNSON, LIVED AT 19, WALTER'S TERRACE, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & LATER 6, WINSOR GROVE, MAIDEN ROW, LOUTH LINCS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A GAS STOKER, FOR THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/09/1914, AS A SPECIAL RESERVIST. DESCRIBED IN ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS AS 5 FOOT 7 INCHES TALL, 117LBS, 37 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES AND BROWN HAIR. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY ON 23/07/1916. HE DIED AT HULL NAVAL HOSPITAL OF PROSTRATE CANCER. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY, AGED 49.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY WAR MEMORIAL, KEPT AT THE FAKENHAM GAS WORKS MUSEUM, NORFOLK.
Kingston upon Hull HU5 4AY
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