Henry NORTH
John Alexander NORTH
(1888-1915)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Nellie Jemima GUNKEL

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
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bullet  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)


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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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Sources


1 BMD Index.

2 <i>Descendant</i>.


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