BORN HULL 1880. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM & FRANCIS ELIZA, OF 10, FLORENCE AVENUE, COURTNEY STREET.
LEFT WIDOW ANNIE (BORN 24/1/1881) & FIVE DEPENDENT CHILDREN (BORN BETWEEN 1905-1911), AT 8, ALBERT PLACE, BEETON STREET (1911 CENUS) AND 101, COURTNEY STREET (ARMY RECORDS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EX RECKITT’S WORKER AND JOINER’S LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 31/5/1915. JOINED AS GUNNER, 332, 2ND EAST RIDING RGA. TRANSFERRED TO RGA ON 01/11/1915. SENT TO FRANCE ON 08/01/1917. ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDED ON 21/05/1918. INVALIDED HOME, ON 30/05/1918. DIED AT WESTERN GENT HOSPITAL, NEWPORT CARDIFF. LEFT ARM AMPUTATED AND DIED OF COMPLICATIONS, AGED 38.
HE IS BURIED HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 37/11 SHILLINGS.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
118603
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
14/07/1918
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
38
