BORN ST PAULS, HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM WINTERBOTTAM (1856-1942) AND EMILY TYE (1856-1929), OF 6, FREDERICKS TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL AND 59, GIBSON STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.

HE JOINED THE RIFLE BRIGADE, ON 28/02/1900, AGED 18. HE COMMITTED A NUMBER OF MISDEMEANORS AS A NEW RECRUIT, - DRINKING, GAMBLING, OVERSTAYING HIS PASS, BREAKING OUR OF BARRACKS ETC.

HE TRAINED AT GOSPORT, BEVERLEY, CHATHAM. SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA (1902), MALTA (1904) AND INDIA (1905-08). SPENT SEVEN YEARS IN THE ARMY AND FIVE YEARS IN THE RESERVES.

HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 10/04/1909. HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH EMMA WINTERBOTTOM (1887-1945) LIVED AT 10, CLARENCE AVENUE, BEDFORD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS & ARMY ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, WILLIAM AND KATHLEEN.

IN CIVILIAN LIFE, HE WAS A GREASE WORKS LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 119 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION, BURN SCARS ON THE BACK OF BOTH HANDS.

HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 18/06/1912. POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE 1ST RIFLE BRIGADE (BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE). WOUNDED IN THE LEFT LEG ON 13TH SEPTEMBER 1914. HIS LEG WAS AMPUTATED BELOW THE KNEE AND HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT PARIS, ON 03/10/1914, AGED 34.  HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ELIZABETH.

HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH ARE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 17TH OCTOBER 1914. *

HE WAS THE FIRST WILMINGTON CASUALTY AND IS LISTED ON THE WILMINGTON ROLL OF HONOUR, SUTTON MEMORIAL.

HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED IN THE ST PAUL CHURCH BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE 1914-1918 (133 NAMES). THE BOOK CAN BE VIEWED AT THE HULL HISTORY CENTRE Ref No: L DL SP/1).