Grayburn, John

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JAMES GARYBURN (1857-1907)  & MARY ANNIE GRAYBURN, OF 10, ARTHUR TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. ONE OF THREE BROTHERS KILLED IN THE WAR. A FLOUR MILLER.

HUSBAND OF ANNIE AT 2, ARTHUR TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL AND 8, FAWCETT TERRACE, DERBY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, ANNIE AND SUSANNAH.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRES, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1917, AGED 27.

HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL. HIS ARMY ADDRESS WAS 10 ARTHUR TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL.

THE THREE SONS LOST WERE

HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, GEORGE GRAYBURN, 4390, 5TH BORDER REGIMENT WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 34.

PRIVATE, JOHN GRAYBURN, 13/775, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, KILLED IN ACTION, ON  20/07/1917, AGED 27.

HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, WILLIAM GRAYBURN, 11561, 10TH EAST YORKKSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/09/1918, AGED 22.

 


First name:
JOHN
Military Number:
13/775
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/07/1917
Place died:
Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
27
10, ARTHUR TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK