BORN HULL 1894. ONLY CHILD OF WILLIAM AND MARY ANN RYAN, OF 52, DOCK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND LORNE TERRACE, EAST BOLDEN, DURHAM (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN CORK IRELAND. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN GATESHEAD.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/08/1916, AGED 22. BURIED AT LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, JARRATT STREET, HULL
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/373
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/08/1916
Place died:
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de calais, France
Age:
22
