BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOSEPH WISE (1870-1930) & HANNAH JOHNSON (1868-1962), OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A NEWSPAPER BOY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/05/1918, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, HANNAH. HE LEFT AN ELDER SISTER, GERTRUDE.
HE IS BURIED AT ST. AMAND BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “NEVER FORGOTTEN”.
First name:
HORACE VICTOR
Military Number:
222948
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
02/05/1918
Place died:
ST. AMAND BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
20
2 NAPIER TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
