3/1355 Pte John Anthony Scaife, 8th Bn, KOYLI

3/1355 Private John Anthony Scaife of the 8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, died of wounds on the 14th December 1917. He was 21 years old, the son of Charles and Mary Sophia Scaife of 38 Victoria Street, Carlinghow, near Batley in Yorkshire.

John Scaife's number indicates that he initially joined the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion, almost certainly pre 1914, and was later posted to the 8th (Service) Battalion. No service record survives for him, but his medal index card indicates that he arrived overseas in France on the 7th April 1915. He died of wounds in Italy and is buried in Giavera British Cemetery.

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

Sources:

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