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Pte. Eli Bullock
British Army 2nd Battalion East Yorks Regiment
from:Stoke Old Road, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent
Eli Bullock was the youngest of 13 children born to George and Henrietta Bullock of 30 Stoke Old Rd, Lower Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent. In 1911 he was a labourer at Shelton Steelworks and voluntary reserve North Staffs Regiment at the Barracks, Newcastle u Lyme. He was a private soldier 8th battalion North Staffs Regiment and transferred with a group of about 300 men to the 2nd Battalion East Yorks Regiment in May 1915. He was an officer's servant (batman). He played football in the army and won a gold medal which he pawned in the "hungry thirties". He sailed to France in May 1915 and remained there during Battle of Loos until sailing via Marseille for Alexandria, Egypt in October 1915. Thence to Salonika where he spent the rest of the war, with a spell in Malta with malaria.
Later Eli became a professional footballer for Crewe Alexandra, Macclesfield FC, Exeter City FC, Runcorn FC and worked as builder's labourer. He lived Newcastle under Lyme Staffs and died at St Edward's Hospital Cheddleton Nr Leek Staffs March 1984, aged 88 years)
