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JAMES EATON
James Eaton, Royal Navy
BORN HULL 18/06/1894. SON OF CHARLES HENRY & ANN ELIZABETH, OF 172, MERSEY STREET, HULL AND LATER 1 ,HENLEY AVENUE, BRAZIL STREET, HULL.
HIS WIFE EVA EATON LIVED AT DE LA POLE, WILLERBY.
BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS A BLACK LEAD WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY AND DIED OF PNEUMONIA ON BOARD HMS 'PENN', AGED 24.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON THE 9TH OCTOBER 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
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