BORN BREIGHTON, DERBYSHIRE, 1888. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS CARLILL BEAULAH & MARY ANN GLEADHILL. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1897. HIS MOTHER REMARRIED FREDERICK MARR COATES & LIVED AT 77, ESCOURT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A PORTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 32/615, NFUS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 15TH YORK AND LANCS REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/09/1916, AGED 28. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER MARY ANN. HE LEFT HIS ONLY SIBLING MAUD. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
First name:
JOHN WILFRED
Military Number:
242208
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
28
