BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THOMAS & EMMA MACHON, OF 11 TRINITY STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS). A FORMER TIMBER TRADE CLERK LIVING AT 30 ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL AS PRIVATE, 22795, OF THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 44059, 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/08/1918, AGED 28.
HE HAD MARRIED IN APRIL 1914. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARGARET ALICE (MOSEY), WHO LIVED AT 6 ALFONSO STREET, HULL AND 57, COLTMAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL (HDM), ON 16/09/1918.
First name:
JAMES ERNEST
Regiment:
Military Number:
44059
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/08/1918
Place died:
Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
28