John Alexander NORTH
- Born: Jun Q 1888, Mile End, London, England
- Marriage (1): Nellie Jemima GUNKEL on 28 Mar 1915 in Stepney, London, England
- Died: 27 Oct 1915, Fricourt, Somme, France aged 27
General Notes:
Marriage Mar 1915 Stepney 1c 420 Gunkel Nellie J to North North John A to Gunkel
Marriage entry in Parish Register of St John, Limehouse Page 66, entry 131 on March 28th 1915 after banns John Alexander North, 26, Bachelor, Soldier, 104 Elsa St. Father Henry North, Dock Labourer Nellie Jemima Gunkel, 22, Spinster, Tailoress, 21 Eastfield St. Father Robert Gunkel (deceased), Case Maker Witnesses were Walter North and Ellen Amelia Carley
Nellie was first married to a Jack/John North, he was killed by a sniper in WW1.
There is a medal card for a John A North who was killed in Action (France) 27 Oct 1915 This John was in the 11th Bn Royal Fusiliers and was a Private with reg no. 8183 He was awarded the Victory, British and "15" Star
THE CWGC lists this person as John Alexander NORTH who is buried in Grave H12 at Point 110 Old Military Cemetery, Fricourt There is no information as to parents, wife etc. - Fricourt is in the Somme Department of France - the cemetery contains 97 identified + 3 unidentified Commonwealth graves
If this is the correct John, then this is his birth Births Jun 1888 NORTH John Alexander Mile End 1c 520 and he appears on the 1891 and 1901 censuses with parents Henry and Ann, living in Limehouse (as was his future wife)
John married Nellie Jemima GUNKEL, daughter of Karl Paul Robert "Robert" GUNKEL and Helena Humphrey POTTER, on 28 Mar 1915 in Stepney, London, England. (Nellie Jemima GUNKEL was born on 6 Dec 1892 in Mile End, London, England 1 and died in Mar 1995 in Havering, Essex, England 1 2.)
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