BORN HULL 1893. ONLY SON OF JOHN EDMOND & EMILY SETTERINGTON, OF 2, ARGYLE TERRACE, ARGYLE STREET, HULL, 3 , LAUREL VILLAS, REGENT STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL AND 8, MONTREAL AVENUE, ALBERMARLE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). BEFORE ENLISTING IN DECEMBER 1915, HE HAD BEEN THE HEAD OPERATOR AT THE BOULEVARD PICTURE PALACE.
HE SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1916, AGED 24. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME. FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD, HULL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 24TH JANUARY 1917 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
JOHN ARTHUR
Regiment:
Military Number:
31025
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
26/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
24
