BORN HULL 1898. ONLY SON OF JOHN ROBERT & MARY ELIZABETH MEDCALF, OF 5 WYKE STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, MARIA, ELIZABETH AND LILY.
HIS WIFE ESTHER MEDCALF LIVED AT 13, FERN AVENUE, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE SERVED WITH THE 1/7TH SOUTH LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED ALMA PARK MILITARY HOSPITAL, MANCHESTER, ON 17/02/1919. AGED 21. BURIED AT HULL’S HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.
HIS WIDOW ESTHER RE-MARRIED, BECAME MRS BARRATT AND MOVED TO 10, MIDDLETON AVENUE, RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
First name:
JOHN ROBERT
Military Number:
65455
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/02/1919
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
21
