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HARRY ARMSTRONG
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM ARMSTRONG & ADELINE NEAL, OF 9, TRINITY STEET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. A GROCER'S ASSISTANT.
HE MARRIED CLARA MALTBY (BORN 22ND MARCH 1887), AT HULL, IN 1915. HIS WIFE CLARA LIVED AT 12, MONTROSE TERRACE, SPRING BANK, HULL & 12, JENNING'S PLACE, STANLEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). THEY HAD ONE SON, HARRY MALTBY, BORN ON 1ST AUGUST 1914.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, 15TH BRIGADE. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/10/1917, AGED 24. BURIED AT MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, CLARA AND ADOPTED SON, HARRY MALTBY, BORN 01/08/1914. CLARA LATER EMIGRATED TO 67 DUDLEY STREET, WEST MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (WAR PENSION RECORDS)
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE DANSOM LANE ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 14/11/1917 & 07/12/1917.
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