BORN HULL 1893. STEP SON OF JOSEPH TANNY & ANNIE WRIGGLESWORTH, OF 9 SCARBOROUGH STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED LOWESTOFT. SERVED IN THE 1ST SUFFOLK REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/05/1915, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON YPRES MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HE LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO HIS BROTHER, FRANK, HIS SISTERS, EDITH SANDERSON, AND AMY, HALF SISTER ROSE DAVIS AND HALF BROTHER, GEORGE HENRY.
First name:
JAMES EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
16556
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/05/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
22
