BORN ROTHERHAM 1896. ONLY SON OF CHARLES AND MARIA CARD, OF 81 HENLY GROVE ROAD, ROTHERHAM. A FORMER MINER. HE ENLISTED AT HARROGATE. SERVED IN THE 9TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUNDS, AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 25/08/1918, AGED 22. HE HAD MARRIED EDITH CHERREY MASON, IN HULL, IN 1918. HIS WIFE EDITH, BABY, AND MOTHER-IN-LAW LIVED 171, BLENHEIM STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 25/08/1919. HE LEFT HIS ONLY SISTER, EVELYN CARD
HE NEVER SAW HIS ONLY SON, CYRIL OLIVER CARD, WHO WAS BORN ON 15/09/1918.
First name:
JOHN OLIVER
Military Number:
19475
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/08/1918
Place died:
Rethel French National Cemetery, Ardennes, France
Age:
22
