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DAVID DUNN

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Rank
Private
Regiment
HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY HLI 18TH BATTALION
Military Number
21126, 41484
Address
47, Regent Street, Anlaby Road,
Kingston upon Hull HU3 2PU
Background

BORN LEVEN, HULL, 1896.  ADOPTED SON OF MARGARET ANN CREAMER, OF 8, MASONS TERRACE, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL AND 47, REGENT STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AS A LABOURE, LIVING AT 10, SWINEMOOR LANE, BEVERLEY, (1911 CENSUS) AND IN THE OFFICES OF THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, IN HULL.

ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 21126, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 18TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY 94TH GLASGOW BATTALION). DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/10/1917, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARGARET ANN CREAMER. SHE WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 7 SHILLINGS, ON 7 MAY 1918.

BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 08/11/1917. *

Date Died
29/10/1917
Died
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age
21
Memorial
37B Rue René Cassin
Wimereux 62930

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