BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JAMES AND MARY ANN EDWARDS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. RESIDED AT SISTER’S ADDRESS ABOVE WITH TWO BROTHERS. (HIS BROTHER WILLIAM, EYR WAS KILLED A YEAR BEFORE 28/10/1914) PHOTO OF ALL 3 TOGETHER. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES, AGED 26. HE LEFT A WIDOW RUTH L RYAN. HIS NAME IS RECORDED THE ON STREET ROH AND ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
First name:
JOHN JAMES
Regiment:
Military Number:
10685
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
