BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FRANCIS ORR (1858-1937) & JANE ANN ORR (1873-1913), OF 3 MARVEL COURT, MARVEL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 5 FITZROY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS, AND THREE SISTERS. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. WORKED AS A GROCERS ERRAND LAD. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 10/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE AISNE HEIGHTS, ON 28/10/1914, AGED 18. (SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS).
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, FRANK ORR, KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/07/1916, AGED 19.
First name:
JOHN FRANCIS
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6155
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/10/1914
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
18
3 MARVEL COURT, MARVEL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
