BORN HULL 03/10/1889. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM JOHN & MINNIE WILSON – 6 RAIKES STREET, HULL. SERVED AS STOKER, FIRST CLASS, ON HMS “BROKE”. KILLED AT SEA, DURING THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, ON 31/05/1916, AGED 26. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND CHILD. HIS WIFE EDITH WILSON, LIVED AT 2 WELLESLEY AVENUE, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL (NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS). HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, HAMPSHIRE, UK
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 13/06/1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
SS/106309
Rank:
Stoker
Date Died
31/05/1916
Place died:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, HAMPSHIRE, UK
Age:
26
2 WELLESLEY AVENUE, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
