BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOSEPH & LILY DENT, OF THE LODGE, ASHFIELD, BAMLEY ROAD, SOWER BRIDGE. LIVED GREETLAND, HALIFAX. ENLISTED ELLAND, LEEDS. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 4TH DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/10/1915, AGED 23. BURIED AT BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “WITH SWEET REMEMBRANCE OF A LOVING SON”.
First name:
JACK
Military Number:
1197
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
16/10/1915
Place died:
Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
23
