BORN ST MARYS, LEIGH, LANCS 1895. SON OF JOSEPH AND MARGARET KNOWLES, 7 STEPNEY GROVE, FLEET STREET, HULL. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS ON 23/07/1913, IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE WITHTHE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 13/10/1914, AGED 20.
HIS 46 FRANCIS STREET, HULL, ADDRESS IS FROM THE HULL DAILY MAIL.
HE APPEARS IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, BUT THERE IS NO PHOTOGRAPH. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE ‘HULL TIMES’ ON 24/10/1914.
HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE ALEXANDRA STREET ROLL OF HONOUR, (HD 23/10/1916).
First name:
JOHN ALBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
10252
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/10/1914
Place died:
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
20
46 , FRANCIS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
