BORN HULL 1887. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD BURNHAM & MARY ANN STAINFORTH OF 83 SWANN STREET, HULL ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. A FORMER RULLYMAN FOR THE NORTHEASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED AT NEWCASTLE. SERVED IN THE 12TH/13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED RESCUING A WOUNDED COMRADE, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 31. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR HIS GALLANTRY, ATTENDING THE WOUNDED DURING A HEAVY BOMBARDMENT AND GAS ATTACK. HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS FATHER, EDWARD.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL, AISNE, FRANCE.
HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/08/1917. *
First name:
JOHN STAINFORTH
Military Number:
40288
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
27/05/1918
Place died:
SOISSONS MEMORIAL, AISNE, FRANCE
Age:
31
