BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM POSTILL (1859- 1936) & FANNY GILBERT POSTILL (1871-1919), OF 52 MYTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ELDEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WAS A PAINTER, LIVING AT 4 WHITBY GROVE, WHEELER STREET, HULL (1911). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1916, AGED 22.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE. HE IS REPORTED KILLED ON THE OSBORNE STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (HDM 23/10/1916).
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER JOHN, WHO MOVED TO 9 VILLAGE PLACE, OSBORNE STREET, HULL.
HIS BROTHERS, HAROLD AND JOSEPH POSTILL ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR.
First name:
JOHN HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
11044
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
26/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
22
