BORN HULL 1898. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM PYRAH (1869-1945) & ELIZA DIXON (1873-1966), OF 3 PICTURESQUE TERRACE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 52 WALCOTT STREET, HULL AND 2 GLADYS AVENUE, WEST DOCK STREET, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCKSIDE LABOURER. HE HAD TWO OLDER BROTHERS, WHO WORKED IN THE HULL SAW MILLS AND A YOUNGER SISTER, ELIZA.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 32/827 NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 22/04/1918, AGED 20. BURIED ON THE SOMME.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
42518
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/04/1918
Place died:
Blangy-Tronville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
20
2 GLADYS AVENUE, WEST DOCK STREET, HULL EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
