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JOHN POTTER
Pte, John Potter, KOYLI, killed aged 17.
BORN YORK, 1900. SON OF JOHN & SARAH POTTER, OF 6, WINIFRED TERRACE, STEPNEY LANE , HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 13, FRED'S TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (CWGC & War Pension address). ONE OF THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR .EMPLOYED AT THE BRITISH OIL MILLS, WINCOLMLEE, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN THE 4TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY AND DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/10/1917, AGED 17. BURIED AT ETAPLES, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 08/11/1917. *
HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE ST PAUL CHURCH BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE 1914-1918 (133 NAMES). THE BOOK CAN BE VIEWED AT THE HULL HISTORY CENTRE Ref No: L DL SP/1).
NOTE: HE IS NAMED ERNEST POTTER IN THE WAR PENSION RECORDS
HE WAS THE THIRD SON, KILLED IN THE WAR. HIS BROTHER, HARRY POTTER, A REGULAR SOLDIER,(KOYLI), WAS KILLED IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE WAR. PRIVATE, JOE POTTER (EYR), WAS KILLED IN JULY 1916. NEITHER ARE FOUND IN CWGC RECORDS.
HIS OTHER BROTHER ERNEST, SERVED WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND ROBERT POTTER, LECEISTERSHIRE REGIMENT, BOTH SERVED IN FRANCE.
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