BORN HULL 1897. ELDEST SON OF RICHARD CHADBURN & CHARLOTTE CHADBURN (1873-1957), AT 1 COBDEN PLACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A STRETCHER BEARER, WITH THE 8TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 07/06/1917, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL.
HE LEFT FIANCEE DORIS, BROTHER, ROBERT CHADBURN AND FIVE SISTERS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, RICHARD.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/07/1917, 19/07/1917 & 10/06/1919.
First name:
RICHARD ELLERBY
Military Number:
24105
Rank:
Private
Date Died
07/06/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
1 COBDEN PLACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
