BORN HULL 1889. SON OF EMMA DICK, OF 7 VILLA TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 4956, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 14/07/1916. HE HAD ENLISTED ON 10/11/1915 AND HAD ONLY BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR TWO MONTHS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR THE HULL NETHERLANDS COMPANY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EMMA E. CHAPPELLE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN HULL DAILY MAIL ON 30/08/1916. *
HE IS BURIED AT FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ, FRANCE.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
4956
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/07/1916
Place died:
Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France
Age:
28
7 VILLA TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
