BORN HULL 1884. SON OF ROBERT SANDERSON DIED 1889. MOTHER SELINA (JACKSON) SMITH LIVED AT 57 WALLER STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS) & 10 CLARENCE AVENUE, ST MARKS STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A SAW MILL LABOURER, AT NORTHS TIMBER YEAR, SITWELL STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 03/08/1916, AGED 32. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER, SELINA SMITH.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 18/08/1916. *
HE IS BURIED AT ST. QUENTIN CABARET MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, ” SHALL MEET HIM SOME FINE MORNING IN THE UPPER GARDEN THERE FROM MOTHER AND ALL”.
First name:
JOHN ROBERT
Military Number:
3615
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/08/1916
Place died:
ST. QUENTIN CABARET MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM
Age:
32
57 , WALLER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
