BORN HULL 25/06/1889. SON OF MICHAEL O’CONNER (1851-1908) AND MARY DONNELLY (1855-1920). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A BOILERMAKER. HE MARRIED ALICE MAY FOSTER, AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN DECEMBER, 1907. HIS WIFE ALICE, SON AND DAUGHTER, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FACED A COURT MARTIAL FOR DESERTION, IN HULL, ON 14/10/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/12/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 34501, 9TH KING’S OWN YORKHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED BY A SHELL, ON 04/10/1917, AGED 28. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S ST MARK’S STREET MEMORIAL.
First name:
FRANCIS HERBERT
Military Number:
34501
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/10/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
28
3 COOK'S COURT, HODGSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
