BORN HULL 24/05/1896. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM SHORES (1868-1953) & ANNIE ADAMSON (1871-1952), OF 84, COLTMAN STREET, HULL & 284 CRNBROOK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). JOHN WAS A CLERK WHO LIVED AT HOME WITH HIS TWO BROTHERS, ARTHUR AND HAROLD.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 22/10/1915. ARRIVED FRANCE 07/05/1916. REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 19. HIS PERSONAL EFFECTS RETURNED TO HIS FATHER, INCLUDED A PAIR OF SPECTACLES IN A CASE AND A CIGARETTE TIN. HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
CHARLES HENRY SHAW, EYR, SERVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS, 84, COLTMAN STREET, HULL. (1918 MILITARY VOTERS).
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
14/46
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
20
