BORN HULL 1895. STEP SON OF FRANZ JOSEPH SCHMIEG & JOANNA ANTONIA (ANNIE) BOSSE (1861-1903), OF 61 KINGS BENCH STREET, HULL. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER EMIGRATED FROM GERMANY TO HULL, IN THE 1880’s. MARRIED IN 1887, AND WORKED AS A LOCAL BUTCHER.
JOHN WORKED IN A SAW MILL AND LIVED AT 7 HARCOURT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE CAMERONIAN HIGHLANDERS. DIED WHILE BATHING, AT INVERNESS, ON 12/08/1915, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE ROLL OF HONOUR. HE WAS BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
HIS BROTHER, JOSEPH JOHN SCHMIEG, SERVED DURING THE WAR IN THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
First name:
JOHN FREDERICK
Regiment:
Military Number:
3403
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/08/1915
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
20
