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JOHN WILLIAM VARLEY

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Rank
Private
Regiment
ROYAL FUSILIERS CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT 23RD BATTALION 1ST SPORTSMEN
Military Number
75690
Address
5, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, HU3 4AQ
Background

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM VARLEY (1863-1927) & MARY MATSON (1863-1948) OF 5, STRICKLAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. ELDEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER WITH HIS FATHER.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 61361, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 23RD LONDON REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/10/1918, AGED 32. COMMEMORATED ON THE CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, FRANCE.

NB; HIS BROTHER, PTE CHARLES HENRY VARLEY, NFUS LIVED AT 20 COUPLAND TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.

Date Died
08/10/1918
Died
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France
Age
32
Memorial
1 Rue de Malet
Doignies 62147

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