BORN HULL 11/12/1896. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO, HULL, ON 13/12/1896.
SON OF JAMES NEEDHAM (1869-1930) & SABINA LOWERY (1873-1964), OF 15, MARINER’S COURT, SYKES STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 76, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS,
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/09/1918, AGED 21.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SABINA.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST CHARLES BORROMEO, ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
COMMEMORATED AT THE SUCRERIE CEMETERY, EPINOY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “REST IN PEACE”.
First name:
MICHAEL
Military Number:
39044
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/09/1918
Place died:
Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
21
