BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST CHILD OF ELIZABETH ANN MOLLON (1874-1942) & THE LATE GEORGE GRAYBURN (1869-1920), OF 33, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A TINSMITH. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER. WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED ON 16/11/1916, AGED 21. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
201317
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
21
