Friday 12 February 2010

G/23860 Pte John Thoms Jury, 1st Bn, Royal West Kent Regt

Two hundred and eighty one officers and men of the British Army died on this day in 1917, and Private John Jury of the 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment was one of these casualties. He died of wounds on the 12th February 1917.

John Jury was 24 years old and the son of Walter and Jane Jury, of 91, Cannon Heath, Wateringbury, Maidstone. He was born in West Malling, Kent and was living there when he enlisted. His number appears to date to around November 1916 which in turn suggests that he would not have had a great deal of training before being sent overseas.

John Jury died in hospital and is buried in the Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War

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