BORN GAINSBOROUGH, LINCS 1898. ONLY SON OF MARSHALL DAY & SUSAN CATHERINE DAY, OF 13, MYRTLE GROVE, NORNABELL STREET (1901 CENSUS), 5, MALABAR TERRACE HEDON ROAD (1911 CENSUS) AND 19, ALASKA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A CARPENTER. HE HAD A YOUNGER SISTER, KATHLEEN.
MEMBER OF THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN “D’ COMPANY, 2ND/8TH SHERWOOD FORESTER. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 29/04/1917, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT LA CHAPELETTE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY, PERONNE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN OUR HEARTS HE LIVETH STILL”.
HIS PARENTS MOVED TO 128 CURZON STREET, NETHERFIELD, NOTTINGHAM.
| Name | Alan Morris Day |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Gainsboro, Lincs |
| Death Date | 29 Apr 1917 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull, Yorks |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment |
| Battalion | 2 8th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 306991 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
ALAN MORRIS
Military Number:
306991
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/04/1917
Place died:
La Chapelette British And Indian Cemetery, Peronne, Somme, France
Age:
19
