BORN HULL 06/07/1885. HUSBAND TO EDITH FLORENCE SPENDLOVE, AT 5 HARDY STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). MARRIED AT ST MARY’S CHURCH, SCULCOATES, ON 11/06/1908.
HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY, ON 17/01/1903. JOINED THE RESERVES FOR NINE YEARS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, ‘ROBUST’ PHYSIQUE, SCAR ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD, AND A SCAR ON HIS LEFT CHEEK. WORKED AS A LABOURER. MOBILIZED WHEN WAR BEGAN. SENT TO FRANCE, ON 08/09/1914. WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL IN THE RIGHT ARM ON 27/09/1914. RETURNED TO ENGLAND. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY ON 11/01/1916. AWARDED THE SILVER WOUND BADGE ON 23/02/1918. HE DIED IN HULL IN DECEMBER 1918, AGED 33. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND TWO CHILDREN, EDITH FLORENCE AND JOHN WILFRED.
First name:
JOHN WILFRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
1958857
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/12/1918
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
33
