BORN HULL 1900. SON OF CHARLES EDWARD USHER (1867-1944)& MARY USHER (1870-1906), OF 1 WILSON’S TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL.SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HEALSO WORKED ON THE DOCK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 28/02/1917. DESCRIBED AT 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 34.5 INCH CHEST SIZE. CALLED UP ON 05/07/1917. POSTED TO THE 2/5TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/04/1918, AGED 18.
HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. HIS BROTHERS, TOM USHER AND FRANCIS HERBERT USHER ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR. HE ALSO LEFT THREE SISTERS, MARGARATE, ALICE AND CARRIE.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
107350
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/04/1918
Place died:
Messines Ridge British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
18
1 WILSON'S TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
