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JOHN WILLIAM WINTERBOTTOM
Kingston upon Hull HU8 8AR
England
BORN HULL 1882. WIFE ELIZABETH EMMA WINTERBOTTOM & SON, AT 10 CLARENCE AVENUE, BEDFORD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A GREASE WORKS LABOURER. HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE LEFT LEG ON 13TH SEPTEMBER 1914. HIS LEG WAS AMPUTATED BELOW THE KNEE AND HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON 03/10/1914, AGED 34. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH ARE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 17TH OCTOBER 1914. *
HE WAS THE FIRST WILMINGTON CASUALTY AND IS ON THE WILMINGTON ROLL OF HONOUR, SUTTON MEMORIAL.
HIS NAME IS ALSO 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).
Hauts-de-France
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