BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JAMES & SARAH JANE PETTY OF 14 ST JAMES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). FORMERLY A LABOURER AT HULL DOCKS, RESIDING WITH HIS PARENTS.
HE ENLISTED WHEN WAR BEGAN SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE BRADFORD PALS. WOUNDED TWICE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 31/08/1917, AGED 25. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 17/09/1917. *
HE IS LISTED ON HULL’S WALKER STREET WW1 MEMORIAL.
ALTHOUGH UNMARRIED, HE LEFT A CHILD THAT WAS IN THE GUARDIANSHIP OF VIOLRT JUNE MAYES, AT 6, HAWTHORNE TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION RECORDS).
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Military Number:
43360
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
31/08/1917
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
25
