BORN KIRKESTOWN, COUNTY TYRONE, 11/01/1895. ONLY CHILD OF WILLIAM JAMES DARFFIN (1871-1935) & THE LATE MARGARET DRAFFIN (1868-1917), OF 13 VENTOR STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS & HDM ADDRESS, 11/07/1918). SON OF HULL TRAMWAY INSPECTOR OF 5 ROSEBERRY STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL. HE WORKED AS A FARMER. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9.5 INCHES TALL, 120 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, VARIOUS TATTOOS ON BOTH ARMS AND HANDS, PRESBYTERIAN RELIGION, “GOOD CHARACTER”.
HE ENLISTED HULL ON 12/01/1916, AGED 21. EX 128029 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, & ROYAL IRISH FUSLIERS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 26/03/1917. REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING. PRESUMED KILLED AT YPRES, ON 16/08/1917. HIS MOTHER DIED SOON AFTER. HE WAS UNMARRIED. BURIED AT NEW IRISH FARM, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED FATHER. HE MOVED TO 194, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
| Name | Samuel Draffin |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Kirkestown, County Tyrone, Ireland – 11 Jan 1895 |
| Death Date | 16 Aug 1917 |
| Death Place | New Irish Farm Cemetery Location: West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull, Yorks |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers) |
| Battalion | 9th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 24047 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 128029, R.F.A. |
