BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY MUMBY. THE FAMILY MOVED TO LANCASHIRE WHERE HE LEARNT TO BE A COOTON WEAVER AND DYER. HE ENLISTED AT CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE, ON 02/09/1914. SERVED IN THE 7TH ROYAL LANCASTER REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, IN ACTION, ON 28/12/1917, AGED 21.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS UNCLE AND AUNTIE, JAMES & ADA ELLEN FILMER OF 6 HAYHURST STREET, CLITHEROE. HE IS BURIED AT HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “WORTHY OF EVERLASTING LOVE BY THOSE HE LEFT BEHIND”.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM TANN
Military Number:
13116
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/12/1917
Place died:
Hermies Hill British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
6 HAYHURST STREET, CLITHEROE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
