BORN HULL 1887. ELDEST SON OF JAMES EGAN AND CATHERINE (KATE) LYNCH, OF 13 POPLAR STREET, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED WITH HIS FATHER, AS AN OIL MILLER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. DIED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 28. HIS ADDRESS AND DEATH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 16/10/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
COMMEMORATED AT HELLES MEMORIAL, TURKEY.
First name:
JAMES
Regiment:
Military Number:
10548
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
28
1 WESLEY TERRACE, LIME STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
