THE FIRST HESSLE CASUALTY. BORN HESSLE 1885. SON OF JOHN WESLEY & HANNAH BONTOFT – 6 HILDA GROVE, BARROW LANE, HESSLE. A SINGLE MAN. LIVED WITH HIS BROTHERS AT GROVEHILL, HESSLE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVING AS A REGULAR SOLDIER, WHEN WAR BEGAN. FORMERLY, 2ND EYR (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS THE FIRST HESSLE CASUALTY, IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/09/1914, AGED 29. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES ON 17/10/1914, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS DETAILS ARE ALSO RECORDED IN DE RUVIGNEY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 3. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT”
First name:
JAMES
Regiment:
Military Number:
8002
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/09/1914
Place died:
Vendresse British Cemetery, Aisne, France
Age:
29
