J – Hackney – North Eastern Railway – Corporal – 26/05/1917
Title
J – Hackney – North Eastern Railway – Corporal – 26/05/1917
Initials / forenames
J
Surname
Hackney
Railway company
North Eastern Railway
Military unit
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), 2nd/5th Battalion
Military rank
Corporal
Military number
201094
Railway department
Pannal
Railway job
Lengthman
Date died
26/05/1917
Magazine reference
North Eastern Railway Magazine, July 1917, p144
Memorial
Etaples Military Cemetery
Notes
Age 36, husband of B Hackney of High Fold, Glasshouses, Pateley Bridge. Died from wounds received on 2 May 1917. Joined the NER as a renewal platelayer at Starbeck, and later transferred to the position of lengthman at Pannal where he remained until enlisting in January 1915. He had been a member of volunteer and territorial forces for some years.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; North Eastern Railway Magazine; Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
22/02/2016
Last updated
22/02/2016
Citation
“J – Hackney – North Eastern Railway – Corporal – 26/05/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 14, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/54939.