John William Yallop

A Second Hand with H.M. Drifter Dewey, John died on 1st of March 1918 at the age of 36.

John was born at Lowestoft on 25 September 1881, a son of Robert John and Ellen (Nellie) Yallop. In 1891 his family lived at 100 Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft.

John married Adeline Ida Gissing at Saint John's Church, Lowestoft, on 26 November 1904. John was working as a fisherman and they were both living at 93 Rotterdam Road. By 1906 their home was at 38 Essex Road. 

In 1911 John was the mate on the trawler Sans Peer at Padstow, Cornwall. 

John joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 16 December 1914 and served on H.M. Drifter Dewey. John was discharged, medically unfit, with tuberculosis, on 3 November 1915. 

John died from phthisis pulmonia 'commencing on duty'. 

John's sister, Elizabeth Goldacre, died in 1943 during an air raid.