BORN HULL, 12/12/1892. SON OF ALFRED SQUIRES (1862-1894) AND MARTHA NEWTON TUTIN (1861-1917). HIS MOTHER REMARRIIED AND LIVED A 8, VILLAGE PLACE, OSBORNE STREET, HULL. HIS STEP FATHER, JOHN NEWTON WAS A FISHERMAN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, ALFRED AND FOUR SISTERS.
EDUCATED AT OSBORNE STREET COUNCIL SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS SENT TO EAST MOOR, REFORNATORY SCHOOL, IN LEEDS AGED 14, FOR THEFT, BEGGING, PLAYING FOOTBALL IN THE STREET. HE WAS SEEN AS A “BAD” CHARACTER. DESCRIBED AS DARK BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, SMALL BUILD, PROTESTANT RELIGION. RELEASED ON 29 DEC 1911, AGED 19.
HE MARRIED ON 3RD JAN 1915, AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, HULL. HUSBAND OF ETHEL HAMMOND (1895-1980), OF 11, PLEASANT PLACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL, 1 PRINCE OF WALES TERRACE, STANIFORTH PLACE, HULL AND 6, GIBSONS BUILDINGS, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS,
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 03/09/1917, AGED 23, AT NO:19 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION..
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S WALKER STREET MEMORIAL
| Name | John William Squires |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Holy Trinity, Hull, 1892 |
| Death Date | 3 Sep 1917 |
| Death Place | Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
| Regiment | Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales’ Own) |
| Battalion | 7th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 36310 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 843, East Yorks Regt. |
NB: W SQUIRES LISTED ON HULL CITY ENGINEER DEPT. ROH. EX 843 EYR.
