BORN HULL 1893. ONLY CHILD OF JOSEPH JANES & ELIZABETH BROGDEN, OF 9, ELM AVENUE, RUGBY STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 6, ANNIES GROVE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). UNMARRIED. WORKED AS A COAL HEAVER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST,
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 05/05/1916. SERVED IN THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN THE JAW AND SHOULDER. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 19/07/1916, AGED 22, AT 24TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, ETAPLES, FRANCE.
BURIED AT ETAPLES CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “REST IN PEACE FROM HIS LOVING MOTHER”.
First name:
JOHN ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
21703
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/07/1916
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
6, ANNIES GROVE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
