BORN HULL 1897. SECOND SON OF EDWARD (1867-1929) AND ELLEN FENTON (1864-1938) AT 173 WINCOLMEE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A SHOP KEEPER (FRUIT AND FISH DEALER). BROTHER TO JOHN, ALFRED AND SARAH.
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 21/08/1915, AGED 32.
BURIED AT BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS PARENTS, EDWARD AND ELLEN FENTON AT 173 WINCOLMEE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS ELDER BROTHER, PRIVATE, JOHN EDWARD FENTON, 12/851, 12TH EYR WAS KILLED AT OPPY WOOD FRANCE, ON 3RD MAY 1917.
First name:
JESSE
Regiment:
Military Number:
11345
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/08/1915
Place died:
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
18
