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Pte. John Berry
British Army 8th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Jarrow
(d.24th Sep 1915)
John Berry, Private 14579, enlisted at Jarrow and served with the 8th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. He died, age 19, on the 24th September 1915. John was born in Byker, son of Thomas and Charlotte Annie Berry (nee Davy) of 84 Dee Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census, John Berry age 14 Pawnbrokers assistant is living with his parents Thomas and Charlotte Annie Berry and family at 84 Dee Street, Jarrow.
He is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (north face) Jarrow and on the Triptych that was in St. Mark's Church Jarrow (It is no longer a Church).
John is buried in Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'-Armentieres.