BORN HULL 1900. SON OF DAVID & JULIA SLEIGHT, OF 17 CORNWALL STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED BY MR A, GOWER, COOPERS, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. WELL KNOWN IN CHUURCH CIRLCES.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN JUNE 1916. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25082, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. SERVED SIX MONTHS IN FRANCE. WOUNDED IN THE LEG AND RETURNED TO ENGLAND. AFTER RECOVERING HE RETURNED TO FRANCE, SERVING WITH THE 38TH MACHINE GUN COMPANY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/09/1918, AGED 18. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 28/10/1918. *
HE LEFT SIBLINGS, GEORGE, REGINALD & DORIS.
First name:
JOHN
Military Number:
157486
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/09/1918
Place died:
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, west-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
18
