BORN HESSLE, 1894. SON OF HENRY (HARRY) PLUMMER ( 1855-1912) AND SARAH ANN JEWITT (1859-1941), OF 5, HARDINGS SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL AND LATER HESSLE. SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A FORMER BUS CONDUCTOR.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/11/1917, AGED 23.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH (98 NAMES).
COMMEMORATED: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
First name:
JOHN ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
20536
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/11/1917
Place died:
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France
Age:
23
5, HARDINGS SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
