BORN HULL 12/07/1892. SON OF SEPTIMUS WILSON (1843-1909) & MARY ELIZABETH HALL (1854-1926), OF SCOTT STREET, HULL. A HARDWARE EXPORT CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. SERVED WITH THE 6TH SEATHFORTH HIGHLANDERS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR BRAVERY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 01/08/1917, AGED 25. THIS WAS HIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, MARY ELIZABETH WILSON,WHO MOVED TO GLENHURST, CHURCHFIELDS, WEST HAM, EAST LONDON. HE LEFT £43 TO HER IN HIS WILL.
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE LISTED ON HULL’S SCOTT STREET ROLL OF HONOUR.
HIS STORY WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/09/1915.
First name:
JOHN SEATON
Regiment:
Military Number:
265630
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/08/1917
Place died:
Brandhoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
25
