Name
John King
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/09/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
2300
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
X. C. 9.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St James’ Church Memorial, Bushey,
St Paul’s Church Memorial, Bushey Heath,
St Matthew’s Church Memorial, Oxhey,
Wesleyan (Bushey & Oxhey Methodist) Church Memorial, Oxhey
Pre War
John King, resident in Vale Road, Bushey during the war, had been a member of the Sunday School at St James’ Parish Church.
Nothing is currently known about family or background.
Wartime Service
He enlisted as Private 2300 in the West Yorkshire Regiment. He returned home on leave shortly before he was killed by a shell in France on 3 September 1916.
Additional Information
A fatality named J King is commemorated on the Bushey Memorial, at St James’ Parish Church, at St Paul’s, at St Matthew’s Church and at Bushey & Oxhey Methodist Church.
Also see ‘Additional Information’ provided with kind permission of Bushey First World War Commemoration Project – Please visit www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk.
Acknowledgments
Dianne Payne - www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk, Jonty Wild
