John Akers

Name

John Akers

Conflict

First World War

Date of Death / Age

21/03/1918
23

Rank, Service Number & Service Details

Private
67105
Royal Fusiliers *1
Posted to 2nd/2nd (City of London) Bn.

Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards

Not Yet Researched

Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country

POZIERES MEMORIAL
Panel 19 to 21.
France

Headstone Inscription

Not Researched

UK & Other Memorials

Ware Town Memorial, St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware

Pre War

Born in 1895 in Ware son of Samuel and Mary Akers. His father was the sexton of the Ware burial ground and they lived in the Cemetery Lodge in Ware. He was a butcher.

Wartime Service

Enlisted at Hertford formerly 4/14608, Remounts, R.A.S.C. and was killed in action in France.

Additional Information

*1 London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

Acknowledgments

Malcolm Lennox