BULL, Andrew George Henry

Andrew was born on the 28th of November 1911 in Newport to Andrew George & Nellie (nee WELTON) BULL who were living at The Grange in Wootton around the time of Andrew’s death. 1939 in Bourne, Lincolnshire he married Daphne Clodagh PLAYER who lived in Paglesham in Essex.

Andrew, aged 29, died on the 19th of October 1941 at the Parkhurst Military Hospital from injuries received in a motorcycle accident along Staplers Road in Newport during an exercise along with Volunteer Beauchamp Valentine KILLEEN, when they were in collision with a Bren-gun carrier. Andrew was taken to the mainland for cremation & is commemorated by the Commission within the grounds of the Southampton Old Crematorium.

Andrew is also remembered on the Wootton War Memorial. Beauchamp also later died from his injuries.