BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & JULIA RAPER, OF 14 LORRAINE STREET, STONEFERRY ROAD, HULL.
A LABOURER FOR THE HULL OIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY. BEFORE ENLISTING HE LIVED AT 306 , STONEFERRY ROAD, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIEMT. HE HAD JUST TURNED 22 WHEN HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT BASE HOSPITAL, ON 27/02/1916, AGED 22. “OF A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION, HE WAS RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. ”
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 29/03/1916. *
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, JULIA, WHO MOVED TO 306 STONEFERRY ROAD, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS)
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
3631
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/02/1916
Place died:
Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
22
