BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ALFRED & MARGARET HANSON, AT 9, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A VAN DRIVER AT SISSONS & CO. A SINGLE MAN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, IN FRANCE, ON 03/12/1915, AGED 21.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 16TH DECEMBER 1915, AND IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 18TH DECEMBER 1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
BURIED AT RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D’ARMENTIERES. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DARLING BOY FROM MOTHER, FATHER & GLADYS”
HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE STONE PILLARS OF ST MATY’S CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
First name:
ALBERT JOHN
Military Number:
5294
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/12/1915
Place died:
Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'Armentieres, France
Age:
21
9, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
