BORN DONCASTER 1897. LIVED IN HULL. ONLY SON OF THE LATE JAMES FRANCIS BOSTOCK AND ELLEN ELIZABETH HILDRETH. HIS GRANDPARENTS WERE ANN AND HENRY HILDRETH. WORKED AS A CELLAR MAN AND PORTED AT THE ROYAL STATION HOTEL. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HAD NO CHILDREN. HE LIVED WITH GEORGE JOHNSON AND HIS WIFE AT 48 FIELD STREET, HULL. GEORGE ALSO WORKING AT THE ROYAL STATION HOTEL.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 01/12/1914. STATIONED AT BEVERLEY AND RIPON. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT. TRANSFERRED TO FRANCE, ON 07/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 20 . HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 21/08/1917 WITH HIS PHOTO. *
GUNNER, GEORGE JOHNSON, RFA, WAS ALSO KILLED IN 1917, AGED 29. TWO MEN HAD DIED FROM 48 FIELD STREET, HULL.
