BORN HULL 1898. HIS NAME WAS “DENIS YEOMANS”. SERVED AS DENIS ROPER. SON OF WALTER & BERTHA ELLEN ROPER. OF 703, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER MRS YEOMANS ALSO LIVED AT 75, BEAN STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED WITH TWO BROTHERS AT THE START OF THE WAR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 5TH BORDER REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 21.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 01/09/1917.
First name:
DENIS
Military Number:
14395, 241942
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/04/1917
Place died:
Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
