BORN MALTON 1884. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY LAVERACK (1849-1928) & LUCY CORDUKES (1854-1897), OF “THE GRANGE”, KNAPTON STATION, MALTON, YORKSHIRE. SON OF A FARMER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A BANK CLERK IN HULL, BOARDING AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 23487, 9TH LONDON REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 09/08/1917, AGED 33. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM. HE LEFT HIS FATHER, £206 IN HIS WILL AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE IS BURIED AT MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “A MOST AMIABLE & DEVOTED SON, WHO NEVER GAVE FATHER OR MOTHER A WRONG WORD. SORELY MISSED”.
First name:
JOHN MESSINA
Military Number:
23487
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1917
Place died:
Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
33
