BORN SKIRLAUGH 1898. LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED DARLINGTON. SON OF WILLIAM AND ROSE APPLETON, SKIRLAUGH. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A TAILOR AND DRAPER. KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 22/07/1916, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL. HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM APPLETON, WAS A HULL SCHOOL TEACHER AND WAS LOST AT SEA SERVING ON MINESWEEPERS.
First name:
SAMUEL
Military Number:
3195
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/07/1916
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
18
BENNINGHOLME GRANGE, SKIRLAUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
