BORN HULL 1865. HOLY TRINITY PARISH. SERVED AS ‘ THOMAS. MITCHELL’.
HIS WIFE, MARGARET CHILDS (1870-1952), LIVED AT 1, JAMES PLACE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1891, AND HAD TEN CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL LABOURER (1901 CENSUS) AND A WHITESMITH (1911 CENSUS), LIVING AT 2 CRAVEN’S PLACE, ALICIA STREET, HULL.
HE SERVED IN THE HOME DEFENCE. HE DIED IN SERVICE ON 23/01/1920, AGED 55 AND IS BURIED IN HULL. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “EVER IN THOUGHT R.I.P.”
HIS SON, WILLIAM CHILDS, DIED OF WOUNDS ON 02/12/1915. THEY ARE BOTH BURIED TOGETHER AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY IN CWGC GRAVES.
First name:
JAMES HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
40598
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/01/1920
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
55
1, JAMES PLACE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
