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JOHN WILLIAM PRIESTLEY
BORN LEEDS 1880. SON OF TOM PRIESTLEY, OF 13, LENNOX PLACE, KIRKSTALL ROAD, LEEDS (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
MARRIED AT HULL, 10/06/1905. HUSBAND OF EDITH AND THREE CHILDREN AT NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL AND 21, NELLIE CRESCENT LEEDS, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE WORKED FOR BLUNDELLS PAINT FACTORY, HULL.
HE ENLISTED AT LEEDS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 10/02/1915. SERVED IN THE 8TH YORKSHIRE REGIEMNYT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 07/10/1917, AGED 37. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW, EDITH.
BURIED TYNE COT CEMETERY, Zonnebeke, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
NOTE OTHER PRIESTLEY'S NEARBY IN HULL - HENRY - 99, PORTER STREET, CHARLES - 131, CAMPBELL STREET. WALTER, RGA & CHARLES, RAMC - 5 BEECH STREET, HULL
Zonnebeke 8980
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