BORN EAST HALTON, LINCS 1876. SON OF WILLIAM ALTOFT (1831-1888) AND MARY HUNTER SHEPHARD (1839-1912). HE MARRIED, HELEN HOGG, IN GLANFORD, LINCS, IN 1898. AN EX RULLYMAN FOR ROBSON’S BREWERY, IN HULL. HIS WIFE, HELEN & 7 CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS HULL ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 25TH TYNESIDE IRISH. HE DIED BETWEEN THE 21ST & 23RD MARCH 1918, AGED 42. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
First name:
JOHN RICHARD
Military Number:
44108
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
42
