BORN HULL 1898. ENLISTED HULL. AKA ‘EDDIE’. ELDEST SON OF JOHN HENRY & ANNIE GRACE STEEL, OF 84, THORESBY STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL AND 11, KINGSTON COLLEGE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).
SON OF A HULL SEAMAN. BROTHER TO NORMAN AND BERNARD. GRANDSON OF CAPTAIN AND MRS J HIGGINS, OF 15 PENDRILL STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL.
HE SERVED AS ACTING SERGEANT, IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. A RESPONSIBLE RANK FOR A YOUNG MAN. HE DIED FROM DROWNING, ON 10/05/1917, AGED 19. HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED ON 21/06/1917. HE IS BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS MOTHER WAS AWARDED A 13 SHILLING WEEKLY PENSION.
HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/05/1917.
First name:
JOHN EDMUND (EDDIE)
Military Number:
202339
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
10/05/1917
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
19
