BORN KNOTTINGLEY, YORKSHIRE 1876. AN INSURANCE AGENT. HE MARRIED ADA FIRTH, ON 26/10/1901, AT BRIGHOUSE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL. THEY LIVED AT 211 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL AND THIS ARMY ADDRESS. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/01/1916, AGED 40 YEARS AND 150 DAYS. MOBILZED ON 26/06/1916. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 136 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. TRAINED AT WITHERNSEA. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 15/03/1917. HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 25630, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 12/05/1917, AGED 41. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 119 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ADA.
BOTH HIS PARENTS WERE DECEASED. HE LEFT BROTHERS, ROBERT AND SETH AND SISTER, MARY
Coward, John
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
25630
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
41
