BORN HULL 1898. SON OF FANNY PADLEY, OF 84 CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 10/09/1916. BURIED BAZETIN CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER ‘FANNIE’. HE IS BURIED AT BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT”.
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
3175
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/09/1916
Place died:
Bazentin-Le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
18
84 CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
