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Aston, First World War, Glamorgan, Greece, John Kidson, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, St Andrew's Church, Sweetman Street, Wrexham
John was born in Wolverhampton on 8 October 1888, the son of Benjamin and Harriet Kidson, and was baptised in St Andrew’s Church on 1 November 1888. In 1891, they were living at 107 Sweetman Street in Wolverhampton, with John’s siblings William and Harriet E. By 1901, he was with his father, sister Harriet E. and brother Albert in Aston in Warwickshire. John married Elvira H. Boynton in Wolverhampton in 1912.
John enlisted at Wrexham and became a Lance Corporal in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps (service number SE/24190). He died of pneumonia on 15 October 1918 in Salonika. He is buried in the Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery in Greece. John’s wife, now known as Alice, remarried a Henry A. North in Neath in 1920, and settled in Glamorgan.
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The research for this blog post was completed by remote virtual volunteer, Jacky de Escofet.