BORN SUTTON, HULL 1886. A BLACKSMITHS STRIKER. RESIDED WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER, BETSEY MUMBY AT 35 DAY STREET, HULL HE ENLISTED INTO THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY ON 06/02/1907. SERVED IN INDIA FOR SIX YEARS (1911 CENSUS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 132 LBS WEIGHT, 36-39 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIRHE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/7650, 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 30/07/1915. LISTED IN SOLDIERS AS DIED ON 20/07/1915, AND IN CWGC RECORDS AS DIED ON 30/07/1915. BURIED AT HULL’S HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TOHIS WIDOW, LOUISA AND THEN TO MRS LAVINIA ELLIS COLLEY.
ADDRESS NOT FOUND.
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/7650
Rank:
Private
Date Died
30/07/1915
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
29
