BORN HULL 1895. ELDESTSON OF MR SIMPSON & LILY HENRY OF 13 ALPHA AVENUE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL HE HAD BEEN REJECTED TWICE AND ENLISTED IN LINCOLN. JOINED THE LINCOLN REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 53RD MACHINE GUN COPRS. KILLED ON 19/07/1916, AGED 21. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR SIX MONTHS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 23/08/1916. *
HE IS BURIED AT DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE, READS, “HIS COUNTRY CALLED HE ANSWERED WITH HIS LIFE”.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
3943
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/07/1916
Place died:
DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
21
13 ALPHA AVENUE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
