BORN HULL 1879. SON OF NAYLOR GREEN (1853-1922) & SUSAN GREEN (1860-1899). ONE OF 11 CHILDREN AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE 9TH LANCERS. WORKED A S A LABOURER AND COAL TRIMMER. HE MARRIED, EMMA BLYTHE BATESON, AT HULL, ON 28/03/1998. THEY LIVED AT AT 30 STANIFORTH PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, (1911 CENSUS) AND 2 ANN ELIZABETH PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 17/08/1914, AGED 35 YEARS AND 60 DAYS. POSTED TO THE 4TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 159 LBS WEIGHT, 40 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, AND TATTOOS, ON BOTH WRISTS. HE WAS DISCHARGED AFTER 45 DAYS WITH CHRONIC GOUT, ON THE 30/09/1914. SERVED IN THE 2ND QUEENS (ROYAL WEST SURREY) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/03/1917, AGED 37. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EMMA BLYTHE GREEN, HE LEFT A DAUGHTER, FLORENCE GERTRUDE GREEN.
HIS BROTHER, MARK GREEN, WAS ALSO KILLED IN 1917.
Green, John Naylor
First name:
JOHN NAYLOR
Military Number:
22378
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/03/1917
Place died:
Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
37
