BORN HULL 1878. SERVED AS JOHN WILLIAM ‘BANKS, 22998 WYR. TRUE SURNAME WAS SHARKETT.
SON OF LATE JOHN SHARKETT & MARGARET CONBOY, OF 6 SPRING TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, PATRICK, WILLIAM AND THOMAS AND SISTER ELLEN. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE SERVED 14 YEARS IN INDIA WITH 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE RE-ENLISTED WHEN WAR BEGAN ON 25/09/1914. DISCHARGED AS UNFIT ON 10/10/1919. DIED OF BRONCHITIS. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
700535
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/02/1920
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
43
11 HERBERT'S TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
