Career
Short was from Eston, Middlesbrough. Before the war he was a steelworker, working as a craneman in a steelworks at Eston. He was also a popular local football player, playing for the Grangetown Albion, Saltburn, and Lazenby United.
He was 31 years old, and a private in the 8th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra, Princess of Wales"s Own), (Green Howards) British Army during the First World War.
Short was interred at Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery, France. His steel helmet is part of the collection of the Imperial War Museum.
