BORN MIDDLESBROUGH 1899. SON OF CHARLES & SARAH LADEN, 4 GEORGE PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A BOILER SCALER. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER AT 332 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL, ON THE 13/04/1917, AGED 18 AND 1 MONTH. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS ONLY 5 FOOT 2 INCHES TALL, 96.5 LBS WEIGHT AND 32.5 INCH CHEST AND OF ‘POOR’ PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. POSTED TO THE 1ST SHERWOOD FORRESTERS, ON 04/03/1918. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/04/1918, AGED 19. BURIED AT ENNEMAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, ON THE SOMME.
First name:
LUKE
Military Number:
102104
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/04/1918
Place died:
Ennemain Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
19
