BORN HULL 1877. SON OF JOHN FLAIR (1847-1929) AND SOPHIA BUTTERS (1847-1902). HE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS.
MARRIED AT HULL, 1900, AGED 23. HIS WIFE ALICE MAUD HOLT (1878-1937), LIVED AT 104, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE DAUGHTERS. HE WORKED AS A BARMAN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, DRIVER, 2134. PROMOTED TO LANCE BOMBARDIER, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE 150TH FIELD AMBULANCE, ON 22/08/1918, AGED 41. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER ELSIE M. STANLEY.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON BRIDLINGTON STREET ROLL OF HONOUR.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 10/09/1918.
First name:
JOHN EDWARD
Military Number:
765715
Rank:
Lance Bombardier
Date Died
22/08/1918
Place died:
Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
41
