BORN CONSETT, CO. DURHAM 1893. HE LIVED AT 13 CAVE STREET, HULL, WHEN HE ENLISTED IN THE EAST RIDING ROYAL GARRISON ARTLLERY, ON 28/06/1910, AGED 17 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 32-35 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISION AND GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY ON 19/11/1915, WITH TUBERCULOSIS. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FRO 4 YEARS AND 178 DAYS. HE DIED OF PHTHISIS, ON 28/12/1917, AGED 24 AND IS BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY
HIS WIFE, FLORIE AND DAUGHTER, EVERLY TAYLOR (BORN 22/08/1914), LIVED AT 42 , ARUNDEL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE COURTNEY STREET ROLL OF HONOUR.
First name:
JOHN
Military Number:
103
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
28/12/1917
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
24
