BORN HULL 1896. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF MRS MARY McGAHEY – 3 CLARENCE AVENUE, BEDFORD STREET & THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 03/02/1915. SERVED THREE YEARS WITH THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION AT CAMBRAI, ON 27/11/1917, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER MARY McGAHEY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 26TH DECEMBER 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * HE ALSO FEATURED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 29/12/1917 & 27/11/1919.
First name:
JOHN HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
11006
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/11/1917
Place died:
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France
Age:
21
