BORN HULL 1879. SON OF ROBERT & AMELIA EMILY DOBSON. LEFT WIFE MARY JANE & TWO CHILDREN AT THIS ADDRESS. HE HAD WORKED FOR 18 YEARS AS A CLERK FOR RECKITTS JOINING THE COMPANY ON 14/5/1900. HE WAS ALSO SECRETARY OF THE RECKITT’S ANGLING CLUB AND THE GARDEN VILLAGE CLUB COUNCIL. HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN A CASUALTY CLEARING STATION IN FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 8TH DECEMBER 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *.
First name:
JAMES
Military Number:
873
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
14/11/1917
Place died:
Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
38
