BORN LUND, YORKSHIRE, 1889. SON OF ROBERT AND JANE ELIZABETH SOWERSBY, OF BEVERLEY AND DRIFFIELD. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. A FORMER WAGONER ON WEST ELLA GRANGE ESTATE, HULL (1911 CENSUSS). ALSO EX HULL POLICEMAN. LIVING AT 2, ETTY GROVE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL.
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 32ND DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COLUMN, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/10/1918, AGED 29.
HE LEFT £168 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, ROBERT.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 30/10/1918.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HYMERS COLLEGE MEMORIAL
NOTE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS ROBERT SOWERSBY IN SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS.
First name:
STANLEY
Military Number:
15727
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
23/10/1918
Place died:
Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, Aisne, France
Age:
29
2, ETTY GROVE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
