BORN BRIDLINGTON 1895. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM & ADA ELIZABETH MACKRILL, OF 450 ANLABY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 49 MIDDLETON STREET, HULL. ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. SON OF A PAINTER AND DECORATOR. HE WORKED AS A JOINER DRAUGHTSMAN. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 2547, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 18/04/1915. HE WAS KILLED A WEEK LATER, ON 24/04/1917, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, YPRES.HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JAMES.
First name:
JAMES WILLAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
2547
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/04/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
20
