Tennison, Horace

BORN ALDBROUGH 1893. SON OF JOHN H. TENNISON AND ROSA H. TENNISON, OF HULL AND BEVERLEY. HIS MOTHER LIVED AT CARLTON LANE, ALDBROUGH AND 12, GROVSNER PLACE, KELL GATE, BEVERLEY (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A FARM LABOURER. HIS MOTHER WAS A COW KEEPER. BROTHER TO FRED, NELLIE AND EVA.

HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. A REGULAR SOLDIER, SERVING WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/09/1914.  KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/09/1915, AGED 21. BURIED AT POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, BELGIUM.

HE LIVED IN HULL (ADDRESS UNKNOWN) HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.

 


First name:
HORACE
Military Number:
9518
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/09/1915
Place died:
Poelcapelle British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
21
12, GROVESNER PLACE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK