Service Number
11th/0146
Rank
Corporal
Firstname
John Lawton
Lastname
Elston
Awards
Military Medal
Battalion
11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Notes

Attested 07 September 1914 at City Hall Hull – Medal Index Card entered Egypt 23 December 1915 with 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered Marseilles France 7 March 1916 – Transferred Class Z Army Reserve – AVL Hull 1918 – Medal List Hull Daily News 17 November 1916 – Military Medal awarded while with B Coy 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Wounded Casualty List Hull Daily News 4 May 1918 – Transferred Class Z Army Reserve – Northumberland Avenue Hull Roll of Honour Hull Daily Mail 23 December 1916 – Commemorated on the wall of Northumbrian Avenue Council School for saving seven lives from drowning

Birthplace
Hull
Enlisted
Hull
Residence
Hull