Patrick, John William

BORN DRIFFIELD 1882. SON OF ELLEN & HENRY PATRICK, OF 40 DOWN STREET, DRIFFIELD. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE MARRIED AT BARMSTON CHURCH, HULL, ON 28/06/1902. HIS WIFE, FRANCES ANNIE HILLERBY, AND FIVE CHILDREN (TWO DIED IN INFANCY), LIVED AT 18 ARUNDEL STREET, HULL AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A TAILOR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915, AGED 33 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 138 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 16/10/1916. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 24341, ‘B’ COMPANY, 2ND DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S WEST RIDING REGIMENT, ON 27/10/1916. HE WAS KILLED NEAR ARRAS, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 34. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, FRANCES AND THREE CHILDREN AT 3 POPLAR TERRACE, ROSAMOND STREET, HULL. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.