Front Lane, Elstronwick
BORN HEDON 1888. MARRIED AT PATRINGTON, IN 1913. HUSBAND OF OCTAVIA WALGATE HARNESS, OF BUSH FARM, OTTRINGHAM, HULL, SON OF ATHELSTAN WEBSTER (1855-1912) & JANE HUME WEBSTER (1855-1914), OF ELSTERWICK. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER, WITH THE ROYAL ENGINEERS AND 25TH DIVIDIONAL SIGNAL COMPANY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 30. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW. HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE ELSTERNWICK & DANTHORPE WW1 MEMORIAL, WHERE 24 MEN SERVED AND 4 DIED IN WW1. ALSO LISTED ON THE HUMBLETON WW1 MEMORIAL PLAQUE IN ST PETER’S CHURCH (47 MENS SERVED AND 6 DIED)
First name:
JAMES ATHELSTAN
Regiment:
Military Number:
506716
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
27/05/1918
Place died:
Hermonville Military Cemetery, Marne, France
Age:
30
BUSH FARM, OTTRINGHAM, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
