BORN KEMPSEY, WORCS. 1897. SON OF ALBERT AUGUSTUS DEAKIN AND EMMA CLARA DEAKIN. ENLISTED BRADFORD. PROMOTED CORPORAL. SERVED IN THE 16TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/02/1917, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, CLARA J DEAKIN, AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/02/1918. HE IS BURIED AT OWL TRENCH CEMETERY, HEBUTERNE, FRANCE.
First name:
ALBERT JOHN (JACK)
Military Number:
20/96
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
27/02/1917
Place died:
Owl Trench Cemetery, Hebuterne, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
