BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JAMES & ADA SARAH VERNEY, OF 12 GOODWIN STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN THE 5TH EYR CYCLISTS IN SEPTEMBER 1914. TRANSFERRED THEN TO THE INFANTRY. HE HAD BEEN BADLY WOUNDED ON THE SOMME IN JULY 1916. REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 19TH JULY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE DIED JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE WAR ENDED AGED 24. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH MEMORIAL, LOWGATE.
NB: TOM VERNEY, RN – 2 ELLEN’S TERRACE, JACKSON STREET, HULL
First name:
JAMES AUGUSTS
Military Number:
35456
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/11/1918
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
24
