BORN HULL 1894. SON OF GEORGE CUTHBERT CHICKEN (1865-1944) & SARAH ELIZABETH MASON (1863-1931), AT 86 CROWLE STREET, HULL. (WAR PENSION & HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/07/1917, AGED 23.UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE.
BURIED AT BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN”
First name:
JOHN ALBERT
Military Number:
44593
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
17/07/1917
Place died:
Brandhoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
23
