BORN TULLAMOORE, KILBRIDE, KINGS COUNTY, IRELAND 1888.
ENLISTED ATHLONE, WESTMEATH. A REGULAR SOLDIER OR RESERVIST. HE WAS POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/09/1914, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, AT LA BASSEE, ON 20/10/1914, AGED 26.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, CHRISTINA (1888- ). THEY HAD ONE SON PATRICK, (BORN 10TH JUNE 1914). HIS WIDOW, MARRIED PRIVATE, J WATTS, 3RD ROYAL SCOTS, ON 04/02/1916. BRIDGET CUNNINGHAM BECAME GUARDIAN OF HIS SON, PATRICK (WAR PENSION RECORDS).
HIS NAME IS RECORED ON THE ST. CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL
First name:
JOHN E,
Regiment:
Military Number:
8022
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/10/1914
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
26
, CHARLES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
