BORN HULL 1883. ONLY SON OF JOHN & MARY JANE MCKIE (‘TIGER’ PUB LANDLORD, WINCOLMLEE). HE HAD TWO MARRIED SISTERS, FLORENCE LEAMAN AND AGNES GILBY. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER FLO AND FRED LEAMAN, AT 97 SELBY STREET. WORKED AS AN ‘ASSISTANT’. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/08/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE, 29/06/1916. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 31038, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TAKEN PRISONER. DIED OF WOUNDS IN CAPTIVITY, ON 20/09/1918, AGED 35. HE LEFT £194 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, JOHN McKIE.
HE IS BURIED AT RETHEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, FRANCE.
NOTE: JAMES McKIE, 6TH EYR LIVED AT 3 ST STEPHEN SQUARE, HULL..
First name:
JOHN ARCHIBALD
Regiment:
Military Number:
31038
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/09/1918
Place died:
Rethel French National Cemetery, Ardennes, France
Age:
35
