BORN HULL 1891. SON OF RICHARD BOOKER, OF 81 DAY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 25/05/1910 AND WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/10/1914, AGED 22. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH IS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 26TH DECEMBER 1914. *
HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS KILLED, ON THE MANCHESTER STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 30 August 1916)
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
8732
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/10/1914
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
22
