BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOHN THOMAS DONKIN (1865-1949) & SARAH ANN VAREY (1871-1937) OF 32, CECIL STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO ALBERT AND CYRIL. HE WORKED AS A CLEANER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 27/06/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE 4TH NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE GENERAL HOSPITAL, ON 31/03/1916, AGED 22. HE IS BURIED AT HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH ANN.
NOTE: 10 LINDEN GROVE, TEMPLE STREET, HULL. LISTED AS ERNEST IN THE HULL MINSTER BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE, BUT EDWARD IN CWGC.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIIAL, AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
1415
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/03/1916
Place died:
Hull Northern Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
22
