BORN HULL 01/05/1901. FOURTH SON OF GEORGE MOODY MIDGLEY (1874-1916) AND EDITH ELLEN (EDIE) MIDGLEY (1870-1944), OF THIS NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. HIS FATHER WAS LANDLORD OF THE “BLACK LION” PUB AT 12 NORTH STREET, SCARBOROUGH. HE WAS THE FOURTH OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, AS BOY SECOND CLASS. HE DIED OF FLU, ON 21/09/1918, AGED 17. HE IS BURIED AT SCARBOROUGH (MANOR ROAD) CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH”.
First name:
ERIC
Regiment:
Military Number:
92311
Rank:
Boy 2nd Class
Date Died
21/09/1918
Place died:
Scarborough (Manor Road) Cemetery, Yorkshire, UK
Age:
17
17 JAMES STREET, SCARBOROUGH, , NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK
