BORN DIDSBURY, LANCS, 1895. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF JOHN & ANNIE CARROLL, OF 9, MINTON STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS FROM GALWAY, IRLELAND AND WORKED AS A GARDENER. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN DUBLIN. HE HAD AN ELDER BROTHER, JOHN CARROLL.
KNOWN AS “FRANK”. HE WAS A FORMER GARDENER AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/04/1917, AGED 22.
HE IS BURIED AT CROISILLES RAILWAY CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN LOVING MEMORY FROM MOTHER & DAD R.I.P.”
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST VINCENT’S CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL, QUEENS ROAD, HULL.
NB: PTE. JOHN WILLIAM CARROLL, AT 22 COLLIER STREET, HULL
First name:
JAMES FRANCIS (FRANK)
Military Number:
15193
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
08/04/1917
Place died:
Croisilles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
9 , MINTON STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
