BORN BEVERLEY 1883. ONLY SURVIVING SON OF JOHN BRITCHFORD (1851- 1916) AND MAY JANE FORD (1862-1936), of 71 WEST PARADE, SPRING BANK WEST. HE HAD TWO SISTERS – ELSIE AND GLADYS. EMPLOYED AS A BARMAN. MARRIED ALICE ELIZABETH SCOTT, AT THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, HULL, 02/10/1908. HIS WIFE ALICE AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 4 EXMOUTH SQUARE, HUMBER STREET AND THEN THIS ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL, 15/11/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 9 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST, 136 LBS, POOR TEETH, OF ‘FAIR’ PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. FIT FOR HOME SERVICE ONLY. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY ON 31/05/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, 15/07/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, 16/07/1918, AGED 34. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW ALICE AT THIS ADDRESS.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 16/07/1919. BURIED IN BELGIUM. HIS GARVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “SLEEPING UNTIL THE RESURRECTION”
BURIED: 1918 • Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
Britchford, John Ford
First name:
JOHN FORD
Military Number:
94734
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/07/1918
Place died:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
Age:
34
2 HORNER'S SQUARE, HUMBER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
