BORN HULL 1879. SON OF NAYLOR GREEN (1853-1922) & SUSAN GREEN (1860-1899). ONE OF 11 CHILDREN AT 23, EDGAR STREET, HULL. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE 9TH LANCERS. WORKED AS A LABOURER AND COAL TRIMMER.
HE MARRIED, EMMA BLYTHE BATESON, AT HULL, ON 28/03/1998. THEY LIVED AT AT 30, STANIFORTH PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, (1911 CENSUS) AND 2, ANN ELIZABETH PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 17/08/1914, AGED 35 YEARS AND 60 DAYS. POSTED TO THE 4TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 159 LBS WEIGHT, 40 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, AND TATTOOS, ON BOTH WRISTS. HE WAS DISCHARGED AFTER 45 DAYS WITH CHRONIC GOUT, ON THE 30/09/1914. RE-ENLISTED . HE SERVED IN THE 2ND QUEENS (ROYAL WEST SURREY) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/03/1917, AGED 37.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EMMA BLYTHE GREEN, HE LEFT A DAUGHTER, FLORENCE GERTRUDE GREEN.
HIS BROTHER, MARK GREEN, WAS ALSO KILLED IN 1917.
| Name | John Naylor Green |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, Yorkshire, 1879 |
| Residence | Hull |
| Death Date | 14 Mar 1917 |
| Death Place | Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas de Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment |
| Battalion | 2nd Battalion |
| Regimental Number | G/22378 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
