BORN HULL 1893. SOUTHCOATES. SON OF JAMES & ANNIE ELIZABETH SOWERBY – WALLER STREET (1901 CENSUS) AND SOUTH PARADE, HULL. EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE. ENLISTED IN HULL. A CAPTAIN OF THE 2ND BATTALION WRITING TO RELATIVES SAYS THAT HE WAS KILLED BY A SHELL ON THE 08/101915, WHICH LANDED IN THE TRENCH & HE WAS BURIED NEARBY. HE WAS 22 YEARS OLD. JAMES SOWERBY IS LISTED ON THE SPYVEE STREET, ST MARKS STREET, SOUTH PARADE & HYMERS COLLEGE ROLLS OF HONOUR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 8TH NOVEMBER 1915. *
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
13222
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/10/1915
Place died:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
5 COOPERS PLACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
