Service Number
4th/1649
Rank
Private
Firstname
John Welland
Lastname
Knight
Battalion
1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Notes

Attested September 1913 with the 4th Battalion at Londesborough Street Barracks Hull – Mobilized 5 August 1914 – Left Hull and marched to South Holderness to prepare defensive positions – Moved North to Hummersknott Park near Darlington became part of 150th York and Durham Brigade 50th (Northumberland) Division – October 1914 moved to Newcastle – Medal Index Card Entered Boulogne France 17 April 1915 with 1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Transferred IX Corps Cyclist Battalion Army Cyclist Corps 14351 – Killed in action 14351

Birthplace
Hull
Enlisted
Hull
How Died
Killed in Action
Memorial
VI. B. 34. MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY 8957 Mesen, Belgium
Date Died
08 August 1917