BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF JAMES & ALICE MURPHY. A SINGLE MAN AND FORMER SAILOR. HE RESIDED AT 23 MIDLAND STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL BATTALION, BUT WAS DISCHARGED AS MEDICALLY UNFIT IN 1916. HE ENLISTED IN MINESWEEPERS, BUT WAS AGAIN DISCAHRGED. HE REJOINED AS PRIVATE, 42056 WYR 2/5TH. TRANSFERRED TO THE KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY AND THE LABOUR CORPS. HE DIED AT ETAPLES GENERAL HOSPITAL, ON 29/08/1918, AGED 23. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED BY HIS SISTER, MRS MIDGLEY, OF 64 CLIFTON TERRACE, DAY STREET, HULL. (HDM 06/09/1918).
First name:
JAMES HENRY
Military Number:
224615
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/08/1918
Place died:
Dieppe Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
23
