BORN HULL 1888. MARRIED 1908. ENLISTED AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR AND SERVED IN EGYPT AND THE DARDENELLES BEFORE ARRIVING IN FRANCE IN MARCH 1916. BEFORE ENLISTING HE HAD WORKED AT SISSONS, STONEFERRY, SINCE HE WAS 14. HE LEFT A WIFE MARGARET (GRIFFIN) & TWO CHILDREN ABOVE ADDRESS AND 12 LABURNHAM AVENUE. SON OF JAMES & JESSIE LOUISA (WATSON) 109 YORK STREET. LISTED ON ST CHARLES CHURCH ROH. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 10TH OCTOBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.*
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
14078
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/09/1916
Place died:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
28
12 LABURNHAM GROVE, WESTMORELAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
