BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOHN ROBERT & MARY ELIZABETH SISSONS, ABOVE & 64 TRINITY LANE, BEVERLEY. SON OF A BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/08/1918, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN ROBERT SISSONS.
HE IS BURIED AT REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE READS, “UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY”.
First name:
JOHN STANLEY
Regiment:
Military Number:
50833
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/08/1918
Place died:
REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
19
25 , PRINCES ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
