BORN MONTROSE, SCOTLAND, 1895. SON OF JOHN COOPER PERT AND MARY PERT, OF HULL AND 101 GEORGE STREET, WHITEINCH, GLASGOW. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, ALEXANDRINA HAMLET, AT 16 VICAR LANE, BEVERLEY.
AN APPRENTICE PLATER. HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, 29/07/1916, AGED 22. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, YPRES, BELGIUM.
HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.
First name:
JOHN
Military Number:
3254
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/07/1916
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
22
16 VICAR LANE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
