Potter, John (Jack)

Pte, John Potter, KOYLI, killed aged 17.

BORN YORK, 1900. SON OF JOHN & SARAH POTTER, OF 6 WINIFRED TERRACE, STEPNEY LANE , HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 13 FRED’S TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL. ONE OF THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR .EMPLOYED AT THE BRITISH OIL MILLS, WINCOLMLEE, HULL.

HE ENLISTED IN THE 4TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY AND DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/10/1917, AGED 17. BURIED AT ETAPLES, FRANCE.

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 08/11/1917. *

HE WAS THE THIRD SON, KILLED IN THE WAR. HIS BROTHER, HARRY POTTER, A REGULAR SOLDIER,(KOYLI), WAS KILLED IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE WAR. PRIVATE, JOE POTTER (EYR), WAS KILLED IN JULY 1916. NEITHER ARE FOUND IN CWGC RECORDS.

HIS OTHER BROTHER ERNEST, SERVED WITHTH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND ROBERT POTTER, LECEISTERSHIRE REGIMENT, BOTH SERVED IN FRANCE.


First name:
JOHN
Military Number:
235341
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/10/1917
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
17
13 FREDS TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK