BORN HULL 1892. SON OF ROBERT WILLIS CUDBERTSON (1849-1890). STEP SON OF THOMAS HENRY GOURNELL & MOTHER, EVERLINA GOURNELL (1852-1943) OF 21, GUYS TERRACE, COLONIAL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 27, WEST PARADE, SPRING BANK, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A TANNER’S LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 15/08/1914. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 15/01/1915. SERVED IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT YPRES, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 22.
BURIED AT VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND”.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6484
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/04/1915
Place died:
Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, France
Age:
22
21, GUYS TERRACE, COLONIAL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
