BORN HULL 1897. SON OF CHARLES BRATLEY & CHARLOTTE ANN WOOLLER (1858-1922) OF THIS ADDRESS. THIRD OF FIVE CHILDREN. BROTHERS CHARLES & HAROLD BRATLEY. SON OF A SOAP LABOURER. THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED 16 SPRINGFIELD VILLAS, MORLEY STREET, HULL. HE WAS EMPLYED BY MESSRS STOREY & SMITHSONS, OF STONEFERRY, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL UNDER AGE. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF GAS WOUNDS ON 16/06/1916., AGED 18, AT NO8: CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. BURIED AT BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS LIEUTENANT WROTE. “i ALWAYS FOUND HIM AND EXCELLENT WORKER AND GOOD LAD. HIS COMRADES AND 1 HAVE LSOT A GOOD FRIEND.”
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HEIS PARENTS, CHARLES AND CHARLOTTE BRATLEY.
First name:
JOHN JOSEPH
Regiment:
Military Number:
4695
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/06/1916
Place died:
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
18
