BORN HULL 27/05/1887. SON OF WALTER & MARY BENSON.
HUSBAND OF LILIAN, AT 12, CLOVELLY GARDENS, & 5, FILEY GROVE, SUBWAY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED FOR THE HUMBER SHIPWRIGHT COMPANY, ST ANDREW S DOCK, HULL.
AN ENGINE ROOM ARTICIFER. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS VESSEL EXPLODED, IN DOVER HARBOUR, ON 16/09/1918, AGED 31. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND SON, ALBERT HENRY, BORN ON 15/04/1915.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 25/09/1918. *
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
15317
Rank:
Engineman
Date Died
16/09/1918
Place died:
Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent
Age:
31
12 CLOVELLY GARDENS, SUBWAY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
