BORN HULL 1895. SON OF RICHARD BOLTON (1839-1905) & RACHEL HODGKINSON (1855-1933) AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT YORK. JOINED THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (THE RAILWAY PALS). KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE SOMME, ON 10/07/1916, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER RACHEL. BURIED AT BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “A MOTHER’S LOVE CAN NEVER DIE ‘TIS LOVE THAT LASTS FOR EVER”
First name:
JOHN
Military Number:
17/84
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/07/1916
Place died:
Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
21
14, KATES TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
