Other Information:John lived at 3 Halton View Road, Widnes. He received his elementary education at Warrington Road school, and as a parishioner of St Ambrose in Halton View, was a member of the Sunday School and Bible Class. He was employed as a shop assistant at Unsworths Bros in Victoria Road, Widnes, and as a boy he had worked at Gossage`s. [WWN 1916]. He enlisted into the RAMC in August 1915. He died in Mesopotamia of Cerebral Malaria at 8.45pm on 29th June, 1916 at the 23rd Stationary Hospital; he was a medical orderly at the same hospital. Whilst serving in Mesopotamia, he had been a member of a convoy regularly evacuating sick and wounded men down the River Tigris. [Information researched and kindly provided by Harry (Jones 75 - GWF)]
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