BORN HULL 07/11/1894. SON OF THOMAS & MARGARET GORMAN- 57 WEST STREET & AT THIS ADDRESS. SON OF A LABOURER. HIS BROTHER, PTE. FRANK GORMAN, ASC ALSO SERVED AT THIS ADDRESS. ANDREW WAS EDUCATED AT ST CHARLES RC SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS A FORMER TRAM CONDUCTOR ON THE SPRING BANK ROUTE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 29/04/1914. PROMOTED LANCE CORPORAL, ON 24/09/1914. WENT TO FRANCE ON THE 07/10/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, BY A SHELL, ON 02/11/1914, AGED 19. HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 3RD FEBRUARY 1916. *
HIS DETAILS ARE RECORDED IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 2.
First name:
ANDREW JOSEPH
Regiment:
Military Number:
10714
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
02/11/1914
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
