BORN HULL 17/04/1897. SON OF ALICE COWELL, LIVING AT 8 BOURNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER, SAMUEL DIED ON 18/10/1895. A FORMER ALEXANDRA DOCK WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 05/08/1916. SERVED AS AN ORDINARY SEAMAN, ROYAL NAVY, ON HMS “AMAZON”. HE DIED TWO MONTHS LATER, ON 27/10/1916, AGED 19.
HE IS BURIED AT HULL’S HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH”.
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
J.56085
Rank:
Ordinary Seaman
Date Died
27/10/1916
Place died:
Hedon Road Cemetery, Hull, UK
Age:
19
