BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ALBERT & MARY ELIZABETH RAPER – 65 FLINTON STREET (1901 CENSUS) & 333 BOULEVARD, HULL.
EDUCATED AT SCARBOROUGH STREET SCHOOL. ASSISTANT SCOUT MASTER IN WELLINGTON TROOP BOY SCOUTS. EX NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER – PARCEL VAN BOY AND THEN SIGNALMAN AT HULL’S BOTANIC STATION.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN 1ST COMPANY, 2ND COLDSTREAM GUARDS. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 26/12/1914, AGED 21.
HIS DEATH & ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HDM 30/11/1914. HE IS LISTED ON THE BOULEVARD STREET MEMORIAL – HULL DAILY MAIL 11/10/1916. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 4TH JANUARY 1915. * AND THE ‘HULL TIMES’ ON 9TH JANUARY 1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.
First name:
ALBERT
Military Number:
9398
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/12/1914
Place died:
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de calais, France
Age:
21
