Bamforth, Francis

BORN HULL 1882. ELDEST SON OF JOHN & ANNIE BAMFORTH – 1901 CENSUS ADDRESS AND 1 HALL STREET,HULL. RESIDED IN HAYES, MIDDLESEX. ENLISTED HOUNSLOW. WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE & EMPLOYED WITH MESSRS KIRK & SONS, AT CHAPEL LANE, HULL. HE BECAME A CAPTAIN IN THE SALVATION ARMY AND WORKED IN THE SCRUBWOOD PARISH, ELLESBOROUGH, BUCKS, BEFORE ENLISTING. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING ON 7TH JULY AND THEN KILLED. HE IS LISTED ON ST MARY’S LOWGATE ROH. HIS DEATH WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 29TH NOVEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *


First name:
FRANCIS
Military Number:
17603
Rank:
Private
Date Died
07/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
34
22 , NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK