BORN GRIMSBY 01/08/1889. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & CHARLOTTE GREEN, GREENWOODS YARD ABOVE. A BRICK AND TILE MAKER, LIKE HIS FATHER. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SERVED AS A DECKHAND IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, ON THE PADDLE STEAMER, MINE SWEEPER “JUPITER”. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED ON 23/05/1918, AGED 28. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED ON THE HULL HEROES WEBSITE. HE IS BURIED AT BARTON-UPON-HUMBER NEW CEMETERY, LINCOLNSHIRE.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Rank:
Deck Hand
Date Died
23/05/1918
Place died:
Barton-on-humber Cemetery, Lincs
Age:
28
MALHALN ROAD, BARROW ON HUMBER, , NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
