BORN HULL 1886. HULL PAL. SON OF WILLIAM DADDY AND FRANCES FOSTER, 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). SHE ALSO LIVED 38, ALASKA STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
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 BROTHER, HARRY DADDY, 6TH EYR WAS ALSO KILLED ON 14/03/1918, AGED 26.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/954
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
31
