BORN HULL 1894. HULL PAL. SON OF JOHN ALBERT DORAN AND MRS ALICE DORAN, OF 7 CLIFF TERRACE, GRANGE STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 42 ROSE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). THIRD OF EIGHT CHILDREN. WORKED AS A LABORATORY BOY, FOR SWAN FLOUR MILLS, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, AS PRIVATE, 13/77 13TH EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED AS A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR, ON 05/07/1918, AGED 24. BURIED IN GERMANY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 28/08/1918. *
HE WAS BROTHER TO JOHN, JOE, BEATRICE & AMY, AT THIS ARMY ADDRESS. HIS SISTER, MRS LOCKHAM, LIVED AT 75 BARNSLEY STREET, HULL.
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/77
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
05/07/1918
Place died:
Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Age:
24
