BORN HULL, MYTON 1894. SON OF LAURENCE & EMILY LYON, OF 6 PEASE PLACE, PEASE STREET, HULL AND 29 KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
A FORMER NORTHEASTERN RAILWAY POLICEMAN, STATIONED IN HULL. AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER, HE MADE HIS HOME WITH HIS BROTHER AND SISTER AT 19 QUEENS AVENUE, BARTON.
HE ENLISTED IN WEST HULL, DECEMBER 1914. SERVED AS A DISPATCH RIDER FOR ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/08/1917, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER LAWRENCE, AT 29 KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/09/1917. *
HE IS BURIED AT LONDON CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-VITASSE, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “ONE OF THE BEST”
First name:
LAURENCE HILLERBY
Military Number:
755401
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
14/08/1917
Place died:
LONDON CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-VITASSE, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
24
6 PEASE PLACE, PEASE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
