Pte. J.W. Hartley
FIRST NAMES: John William
UNIT: 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment
NUMBER: 52989
STATUS: Died
DATE OF DEATH: 31st December 1918
CEMETERY OR MEMORIAL: Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Brandenburg, Germany
AGE: 20
John Hartley was born in Goathland, before moving to Northallerton, where he lived at 19 Gladstone Street, Northallerton. He had been employed by the North Eastern Railway as a temporary cleaner for 18 months before he enlisted.
He was captured during the German March Offensive in March 1918 and died in a German hospital, aged 20, the following New Year's Eve.