BORN HULL 1887. SON OF THOMAS HOSULEY & HARRIET SARAH YEATS (1852-1925) HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND A SISTER.
A FORMER PACKER AND RECKITT’S WORKER. MEMBER OF THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY.
HE MARRIED ALICE EMILY SMITH (1892-1956), AT HULL, IN JULY 1915 AND HAD TWO CHILDREN, OLIVE AND CYRIL (WHO DIED AGED 1, IN 1916).
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED MISSING SINCE 18TH APRIL 1918. HE WAS CONFIRMED AS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 30. BURIED AT STEENWERCK CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE.
HIS WIFE WHO LIVED AT 33 VICTOR STREET, HULL APPEALED FOR INFORMATION IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 21/01/1919.
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
220024
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/04/1918
Place died:
Steenwerck Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
30
6 PORTS PLACE, SYKES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
