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JOHN EDWARD BRIGGS SCROWSTON
Kingston upon Hull HU3 4JA
England
BORN BRANTINGHAM, SOUTH CAVE 1898. SON OF CHARLES EDWARD SCROWSTON (1872-1947) & ALICE WRIGHT (1874-1958), OF 12 CHESTNUT AVENUE, CONVENT LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 12 , GILLETT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 1, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A RAILWAY GUARD. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN.
HE ENLISTED IN THE 1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 02/11/1918, AGED 20. BURIED AT WATERFORD PROTESTANT CEMETERY, IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, CHARLES.
County Waterford
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