BORN YORK 1893. SON OF HEDLEY BOLTON (1861-1953) & MARY ANN BOLTON (1862-1941), OF 43 VICTORIA STREET, NUNNERY LANE, YORK (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. WORKED AS A RULER IN THE PRINTERS SHOP. LIVED IN HULL. (SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS). ENLISTED IN YORK. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE SOMME, 23/08/1916, AGED 23. HE WAS UNMARRIED. BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER AT 43 VICTORIA STREET, NUNNERY LANE, YORK (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS).
NB: GEORGE ALFRED BOLTON, RFA – 3 HAVELOCK TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL
First name:
PHILIP HENRY
Military Number:
82070
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
23/08/1916
Place died:
Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, Somme, France
Age:
23
43 VICTORIA STREET, NUNNERY LANE, YORK, YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried