BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY ANN FLINT, OF 85A VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 46 PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (HDM 23/12/1916).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 20978, 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO “B” COMPANY, THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 17/10/1917, AGED 23. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL 23/12/1916.
HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS.
HE LEFT £123 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, WHO WAS A FRUITIER. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT HULL METHODIST CHURCH, PRINCES AVENUE.
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Military Number:
36220
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/10/1916
Place died:
A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, Somme, France
Age:
23
