BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THE LATE ALLAN & ROSE FLETCHER. STEP PARENTS, HARRY AND JANE SHEARD, LIVED AT 14 PROSPECT PLACE, CHURCH STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, SERVED AS, 24176, KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 21/09/1916, AGED 21. BURIED AT BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. UNMARRIED HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER, JAMES AND AUNTIE, JANE SHEARD.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 24TH OCTOBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.*
First name:
JOSEPH
Regiment:
Military Number:
27778
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/09/1916
Place died:
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
14 PROSPECT PLACE, CHURCH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
