BORN ROTHERHAM 1896. ONLY SON OF CHARLES AND MARIA CARD, OF 81 HENLY GROVE ROAD, ROTHERHAM. HE HAD ONE SISTER, EVELYN CARD. HE WAS A MINER.
HE ENLISTED AT HARROGATE, YORKSHIRE. SERVED IN THE 9TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUNDS, AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 25/08/1918, AGED 22.
HE MARRIED EDITH CHERREY MASON (Born 13/4/1896), AT HULL, IN 1918. HIS WIFE EDITH, BABY, AND MOTHER-IN-LAW LIVED 171, BLENHEIM STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 25/08/1919.
HE NEVER SAW HIS ONLY SON, CYRIL OLIVER CARD, WHO WAS BORN ON 15/09/1918.
First name:
JOHN OLIVER
Military Number:
19475
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/08/1918
Place died:
Rethel French National Cemetery, Ardennes, France
Age:
22
