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EDWARD MORTON
Kingston upon Hull HU3 3SE
England
Pte, Edward Morton, 7th EYR
BORN KNOTTINGLEY, HULL 1893. SON OF BENJAMIN & SARAH MORTON, OF 56 GILLETT STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO WAR HE WORKED ON A KEEL.
ENLISTED HULL, OCTOBER 1915. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EYR. HE WAS KILLED BY A SNIPER ON THE 11TH NOVEMBER 1916, AGED 23. BURIED AT THE SOMME, FRANCE.
HE LEFT A WIDOW LAURA AND SON, ERNEST AT 56, GILLETT STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL AND 436, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). THEY HAD ONE SON, ERNEST EDWARD MORTON, BORN ON 3/9/1916. AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 18/9 SHILLINGS.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 13TH DECEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
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