Brenda McMahon has submitted the following:-
Hector was born at Gateshead 1894 to his parents Thomas and his wife, Rebecca (nee Walton). He had 3 brothers, Thomas, John and Victor along with 1 half-brother and 2 half-sisters to a former marriage.
By 1911 Hector was working as a baker’s errand boy but later went into the profession according to his enlistment papers. They also show his height was about 5’7” and he was a member of the Church of England.
Hector enlisted into the army at Gateshead in 1915. On 16 June 1916 he embarked at Southampton to journey to Havre where he joined his battalion.
He was reported missing in action and eventually presumed dead by the War Office on 31 March 1918 aged 24 years.
Although his family was advised their relative went missing on 26 March 1918 they had no further information from the War Office until his brother, John, wrote a letter asking what had happened to him in June 1919.
Medals :-British War Medal and Victory Medal
Hector Mothersdale is remembered at Gateshead Fell on G39.064
He is also remembered in The DLI Book of Remembrance page 68
