BORN SPITAFILEDS, LONDON 1898. ELDEST SON OF BARNETT HENRY JESSEL AND SARAH JESSEL, AT 6 DEE STREET HULL. SON OF A FISH BUYER. HE LIVED AND WORKED IN HACKNEY, EAST LONDON. ENLISTED IN STOKE NEWINGTON, MIDDLESEX. EX 9/24955, TRAINING BATTALION. POSTED TO THE 1/4TH PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES (ROYAL BERKSHIRE) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/08/1917, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT CEMETERY. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT ELDER SISTER EVA, AND YOUNGER BROTHERS, ISSAC AND CHARLES. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE HULL JEWISH COMMUNITY ROLL OF HONOUR.
First name:
HENRY
Military Number:
37958
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/08/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
8 , DEE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried