BORN HULL 08/12/1894. YOUNGEST SON OF MARGARET COWAN, AT 49 SPYVEE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A CRANE DRIVER. HE WAS EMPLOYED BT EARLES CEMENT WORKS, STONEFERRY, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINING THE 1ST ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED ON 27/09/1918, AGED 23.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 25/10/1918. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S ST MARKS STREET MEMORIAL.
HE IS BURIED AT SUCRERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, GRAINCOURT-LES-HAVRINCOURT, FRANCE
First name:
JOHN
Military Number:
383
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/09/1918
Place died:
Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
23
