Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Nelson Bn, Royal Naval Division.
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted:
Place of Residence:
Home Address:
Previous Address:
Civilian Employment:
Miner (colliery unknown)
How Died:
Date of Death:
Monday 23rd April 1917
Place of Death:
France
Battle/Campaign:
The Battles of Arras, France, 1917. 2nd Battle of the Scarpe, 23rd - 24th April 1917.
Locally Commemorated:
No
UK Commemorated:
-
Overseas Commemorated:
Arras Memorial, France, reference MR 20.
Buried:
No known grave.
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs:
0
Service Records:
No
Death Notice/Obituary:
Family Details:
Next of kin, given as (mother) Mary, of 2 Hawthorn Gardens, Crookhill, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Sister, Mrs Phyllis Broadbent, of 6 Danube Street, Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Notes :
John enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 6th January 1915. He was then drafted to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 1st August 1915 to serve in the Gallipoli campaign, Turkey. He joined Hawke Bn on 20th August 1915 but barely a month later he succumbed to dysentery. He was eventually invalided to the UK on 8th October 1915. When recovered from his illness John was drafted to join the British Expeditionary Force as a Bomber, 31st July 1916. He then joined Nelson Bn, 16th September 1916.
Sources Used:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.
