BORN HULL, 1879. RAISED IN AN ORPHANAGE. HE WORKED AS A COAL TRIMMER, LIVING AT 7 BROOKLYN VILLAS, MARFLEET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ALSO RESIDED IN HEDON.
FORMERLY 134654, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND LEINSTER REGIMENT. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 09/06/1917, AGED 38.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM, TO THE MISSING.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO ALICE BRADSHAW, (UNMARRIED WIFE), LIVING AT HAVENSIDE, HEDON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
ONE OF 18 NAMES LISTED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, IVY LANE HEDON. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE BILTON WW1 MEMORIAL, AT ST PETERS CHURCH, BILTON, HULL (57 SERVED, 6 DIED)
First name:
JOHN HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
5441
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/06/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
38
