BORN SUTTON ON HULL, 1896. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD AND HANNAH MARY SHEARSMITH. HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHER IN A STEEL FORGE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND DIED AT NEWCASTLE, ON 19/02/1915, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED IN NEWCASTLE AND COMMEMORATED ON THE SUTTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT SIBLINGS, MINNIE, ARTHUR AND WILLIAM.AT HOME.
First name:
EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
2828
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/02/1915
Place died:
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (St. Andrew'S And Jesmond) Cemetery
Age:
19
4 MOUNT PLEASANT, SUTTON ON HULL, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried