Medals

4. Pte. Jonathan Appleby

 

Name

Jonathan Appleby

Service number

31502

Rank – including any

promotions, with dates

Private

Regiment

Durham Light Infantry

Battalion

12th Battalion

Unit

 

Postings

 

Wounds

 

Silver War Badge? (WWI)

Yes. No B341328

PoW Info. Etc.

 

Date of Discharge

18 October 1919

Other Information

 

 

 

Birthplace

Hetton le Hole

Date of birth

1891

Enlisted

10 December 1915

Lived

1939 Register : 29 Frank Street, Hetton le Hole, Co Durham

Parents

John and Elizabeth Appleby

 + address

1901 census: 1 Mill House, Easington Lane, Co Durham

Wife

1912  Married – Louisa Burnside

 + address

 

Children

Mary 1913; Ambrose 1914; Jonathan 1916; Veronica 1921; John 1923; Eva 1926

Occupation

Hawker

 

 

Medals – held in

collection

Citations

Victory Medal

Medals – others awarded but

not held in collection

British War Medal

Citations/Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How died – not known, at home, of wounds, killed in action

 

Date of death

1972

Age

81

Memorial

 

Cemetery – plot, row and grave

 

 

Notes copied from the Family Tree on Ancestry:

 

Jonathan known as Jonty to his family, The photograph was discovered  amongst  the possessions of his brother Ambrose.