BORN HULL 1895. HULL PAL. SON OF THOMAS DANIELS DUNCAN & LOUISA ELIZABETH ANN (KING), OF 2, WELBECK STREET, HULL AND 52, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL. ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN. UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 11.5 INCHES TALL, 147 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST. LIVED WITH GRANDPARENTS AT 20 PERCY STREET IN 1911. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 17/11/1914. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 8TH MARCH 1916. REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING 13/11/1916. HIS BODY WAS NEVER RECOVERED AND HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THIEPVAL. AGED 21.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, LOUISA ELIZABETH ANN (KING), AT 52, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
First name:
DONALD
Military Number:
13/333
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
21
