BORN ROTHERHAM, 1895. SON OF JOHN AND ALICE BODDY, OF 11 LORNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL. EX 738 EYR CYCLISTS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/7TH DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/10/1918, AGED 23. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER JOHN BODDY.
HE IS BURIED AT WELLINGTON CEMETERY, RIEUX-EN-CAMBRESIS. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “BELIEVE IN ME” SAID THE LORD FOR I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE”
First name:
MARK
Military Number:
307874
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/10/1918
Place died:
wellington cemetery rieux en cambresis nord france
Age:
23
