BORN HULL 1879. BEFORE THE WAR WAS A LICENSED PORTER AT THE STATION HOTEL. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION. LEFT WIDOW MARIA GIBBINS AND SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD SERVED IN THE BOER WAR. WOUNDED IN FRANCE HE RETURNED TO THE FRONT WHEN RECOVERED AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 4TH AUGUST 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6914
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
40
2 WASSAND TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
