BORN HULL 1883. SON OF JOHN VENABLES LIGHT (1859-1918) AND EMMA COUPLAND (1858-1923), OF 80 SPRINGMILL STREET, BRADFORD. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, HENRY & WALTER AND TWO SISTERS, LUCY & ANNIE.
MARRIED AT WEST BOWLING CHAPEL, BRADFORD, ON 10/06/1905. HIS WIFE, SARAH BEAL & SON JACK, LIVED 31 ARNSIDE PLACE, WEST BOWLING, BRADFORD (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A PAINTER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 26-38 INCH CHEST, 140 LBS WEIGHT,
HE ENLISTED AT HALIFAX, ON 28/11/1915. CALLED UP ON 14/08/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 14/01/1917. SERVED IN THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/02/1917, AGED 34.
BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND.
First name:
JOHN CHARLES
Military Number:
28761
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/02/1917
Place died:
Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-Le-Grand, Somme, France
Age:
34
