BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WALTER JAMES & EVA LEADLEY, OF 6 KIRBY ST, LOCKWWOD STREET, HULL. AND 6, RHODES STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A CABINET MAKER.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 03/10/1916, AGED 17. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 35 INCH CHEST, 118 LBS WEIGHT, AND “FAIR” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE ENLISTED IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRES. TRANSFERRED AS, PRIVATE, 65710, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILERS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 12/05/1917. TRANSFERRED AGAIN TO THE YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN THE ELBOW, ON 10/04/1918. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/10/1918, AGED 18.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TOHIS PARENTS WHO MOVED TO 99 WALTON STRETT, HULL. HE IS BURIED AT YORK CEMETERY, HASPRES, FRANCE.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
57749
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/10/1918
Place died:
Nyork Cemetery, Haspres, Nord, France
Age:
18
