BORN HULL 1865. HOLY TRINITY PARISH. SERVED AS ‘ T. 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 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
