Service Number
13th/1274
Rank
Private
Firstname
John William
Lastname
Darby
Battalion
13th Battalion B Coy East Yorkshire Regiment
Notes
Attested 23 January 1915 at City Hall Hull 1st Depot Company – 5 foot 1 and a half joined as a bantam – Medal Index Card entered Egypt 29 December 1915 with 13th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered Marseilles France 8 March 1916 – 13th Battalion reported missing 13 November 1916 – Missing Casualty List Hull Daily News 09 January 1917 – East Yorkshire Regiment Posted wounded Snapper February 1917 – Reported Wounded – Documents Available – Effects to widow Mary for self and children – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire – Commemorated Holy Trinity Hull Golden Book
Age
30
Birthplace
Hull
Enlisted
Hull
Residence
Hull
How Died
Killed in Action
Memorial
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial Pier & face C2 Somme France.
Date Died
13-Nov-16