Private 65650 John Webb
Regiment/Unit: Welsh Regiment - 14th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 18
Date of death: 30th of August 1918
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Vis-En-Artois Memorial - Panel 7.
Family details:
Next-of-kin from service papers: Mrs Martha Alice Webb (mother & legatee), 122 Eccleston Street, St Helens.
Census details:
1901 - 1 year old John is living at 58 Exeter Street, St Helens with parents George (31), Martha A (29) and two siblings: Thomas A (4), George H (3). 1911 - Sees 12 years old schoolboy John living at 63 Bronte Street, St Helens with parents George (40), Martha Alice (39) and six siblings: Thomas (14), George Herbert (13), Mary Flo (9), Alice (5), Edward (5), Ada (3). Note: John is named as Jack in the 1911 census.
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url] Age taken from service papers. John's uncle [cas=1399]Charles Webb[/cas] also died in The Great War.
[url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url] Age taken from service papers. John's uncle [cas=1399]Charles Webb[/cas] also died in The Great War.
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[pic]imgs/sppics/Webb_Charles2.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Private John Webb at St Helens Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/J_Webb_WelchR.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial bearing the inscription for Private John Webb
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
