BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JOHN & ELLEN RAPER.
HIS WIFE ESTER RAPER & TWO CHILDREN LIVED AT, 54, WILLIAM STREET, HULL AND 7, HUNTS TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
EMPLOYED AS A LIGHTERMAN FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, R/4/106695, R.A.S.C. TRANSFERRED TO THE 4TH BRIGADE, ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 37. COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ESTHER & TWO CHILDREN, ESTHER AND WILLIAM.
First name:
JOHN
Military Number:
153740
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
37
7, HUNTS TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
