Guest, James

Sgt, James Guest, 10th EYR

BORN HULL 1889. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. WIFE FLORENCE LIVED AT 25 FALMOUTH STREET. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN FOOTBALL CIRCLES AND ACTED AS GOAL KEEPER FOR HULL CITY JUNIORS A NUMBER OF YEARS AND VISITED HOLLAND TO PLAY AGAINST A DUTCH FOOTBALL TEAM. HE ALSO PLAYED FOR LAMBERT STREET CRICKET CLUB. IN CIVIL LIFE HE WORKED AS A CLERK FOR MR E T CLARKSON, PRINCES DOCK SIDE. HE ENLISTED IN SEPTEMBER 1914 AND WAS DISCHARGED ON THE 21ST JANUARY 1919. SERVED FOUR YEARS AND 105 DAYS, OF WHICH TWO AND HALF YEARS WERE SPENT IN FRANCE. HE DIED OF PHEUMONIA AT HOME, LEAVING A WIDOW AND ONE CHILD. BURIED IN HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 25TH FEBRUARY 1919, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
NB: THOMAS & SAMUEL GUEST – 9 WAVERLEY STREET.


First name:
JAMES
Military Number:
10632
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
17/02/1919
Place died:
Hull Northern Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
30
25 , FALMOUTH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK