John William LAMBERT

Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1

Gunner 50407 John William LAMBERT of 26th Heavy Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery

Died of Wounds Saturday 12th August 1916, France , age 26

Of: Freiston Road, Skirbeck, Lincolnshire

Born: 1890, Grimsby, Lincolnshire

Parents: Annie Lambert and John Lambert of 85 Macaulay Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire

Marital status: Single

Occupation: Police Constable

He enlisted in: Hyde, Cheshire

Remembered on: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, VIII. B. 135

Link with Hyde: Enlisted in Hyde

Notes:

From the Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17th August 1916, page 2, column 7:

The first member of the Hyde policemen soldiers to lose his life in the war.

Of:	Freiston Road, Skirbeck, Lincolnshire
Born:	1890, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Parents:	Annie Lambert and John Lambert of 85 Macaulay Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Marital status:	Single
Occupation:	Police Constable
He enlisted in:	Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered on:	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, VIII. B. 135
Link with Hyde:	Enlisted in Hyde