BORN LEEDS 1892. ONLY SON OF JOE WILLIAM CRAVEN (1855-1923) AND FRANCES MASON (1861-1954), AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. WORKED AS A SHIPPING CLERK, IN GOOLE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS 114596 ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. TRANSFERRED, AS PRIVATE, 20689, 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/03/1918, AT CAMBRAI. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, FRANCES. HIS ONLY SISTER WAS LILY CRAVEN (1888-1977).HE IS BURIED AT CAMBRAI EAST MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GOOD NIGHT BELOVED UNTIL THE DAY BREAK”
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
20689
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/03/1918
Place died:
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France
Age:
26
