BORN SELBY, YORKS 1879. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE GERTRUDE BULMER (17/01/1879 -1941), OF 12 , KINGS BENCH STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 4, ENA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
SON OF THOMAS BULMER (1848-1923) & EMMA WASTLING (1850-1931), OF 4 ENA STREET, BOULEVARD, HULL. HE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS.
A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE SERVED IN BOER WAR. WAS A TAILOR IN CIVILIAN LIFE LIVING AT 6, ROSEDEANE VILLAS, RAGLAN STREET HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 12 , KINGS BENCH STREET, HULL.
ELECTED COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WHEN WAR BEGAN IN 1914. WOUNDED IN ACTION ON 04/11/1918. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 05/11/1918, AGED 38. BURIED IN FRANCE. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY.
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
201410
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Date Died
05/11/1918
Place died:
Le Cateau Military Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
38
