BORN THIXENDALE, MALTON, YORKSHIRE, 1882. SON OF JOHN POTTER (1843-1929) AND ROSANNAH IBSON (1853-1889), OF STAMFORD, BRIDLINGTON, YORKS, AND 33 DISCOUNT COURT, ST JAMES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
ENLISTED KNARESBOROUGH. SERVED AS A DRUMMER IN THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (1911 CENSUS). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/10/1914, AGED 32.
HE LEFT A WIDOW MARIA, AND CHILD AT 24 MICHAEL STREET, HULL. HIS NAME IS ON THE WALKER STREET MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 19/12/1914. *
HE IS LISTED AS KILLED ON HULL’S, ENGLISH STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 23 September 1916).
First name:
DAVID
Military Number:
7771
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/10/1914
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
32
33 DISCOUNT COURT, ST JAMES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
