BORN NEWARK, NOTTS, 1896. SECOND SON OF JOSEPH & ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, 2 BRIGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A GROCER’S CLERK. HE AT 12 GRANVILLE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES ON 09/08/1915, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER ELIZABETH. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 4TH SEPTEMBER 1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, BELGIUM
NB: J WILLIAMSON, EYR, IS LISTED ON THE MARY ELLEN’S TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET ROLL OF HONOUR, AS WOUNDED/KILLED.
First name:
JOBE
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6862
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, BELGIUM
Age:
19
16 GRANVILLE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
