BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN & FLORENCE TAYLOR, OF 9 ETTS GROVE, STRICKLAND STREET . HIS WIFE RESIDED AT 23 UPPER UNION STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER AND EX BLUNDELL’S PAINT WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 22/07/1917, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER, WHO LATER BECAME MRS FLORENCE WILSON.
BURIED AT DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
28760
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/07/1917
Place died:
Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
