Daddy, John William

BORN HULL 1886. HULL PAL. SON OF WILLIAM DADDY AND FRANCES FOSTER, OF 28, CHEAPSIDE, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL.

HE MARRIED ON 24/11/1911. HIS WIFE ALICE WILSON DADDY, LIVED AT 5, IVY TERRACE, ALASKA STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) & 56, CHESTNUT GROVE, GARDEN VILLAGE,, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SHE ALSO LIVED 38, ALASKA STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, LESLIE, LEONARD AND MURIEL.

A FORMER TERRITORIAL WITH THE 1/5TH EYR CYCLIST. HE WORKED AS A TELEPHONIST, FOR THE HULL CORPORATION TELEPHONE COMPANY.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 01/12/1914. TRANSFERRED TO THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL PALS). SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. PROMOTED CORPORAL. KILLED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 31. HE IS BURIED AT EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, FRANCE. HIS WIDOW RECEIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION, OF 27/6.
HIS BROTHER, HARRY DADDY, 6TH EYR WAS ALSO KILLED ON 14/03/1918, AGED 26.

Serre, 13th November 1916


First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
13/954
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
31
5, IVY TERRACE, ALASKA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK