John Hullin – Welsh Regiment, 10th Battalion

Corporal John Hullin – Welsh Regiment, 10^th Battalion

Early Life

John Hullin

Richard Hullin and Elizabeth Davies
marriage certificate
All Saint's Church, Oystermouth

John Hullin was born in 1893 in Oystermouth, the son of Richard Hullin and Elizabeth Davies, who were married in August 1877 at All Saints Church, Oystermouth.

1901 Census

The 1901 Census records the Hullin family residing at 12 John Street, Mumbles. Richard (47) was employed as a Mariner, and his wife Elizabeth (47) was at home with their children: Richard (21), a Mason Labourer; Rose Ann (17); Violet (14); Beatrice (12); Jennett (9); John (8); and Phyllis M. (5).

1911 Census

By the 1911 Census, the family had moved to 13 John Street, Mumbles. Richard (57) was then working as a Sand Dredger, and Elizabeth (57) remained at home. Their only child still living with them was John (18), employed as a Porter with the Great Western Railway.

Military Service and Death

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects

John enlisted and served as a Corporal with the 10^th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. According to the Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, he was killed in action on 2^nd August 1917.

John Hullin
New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium
credit - findagrave

At the time of his death, the 10^th Battalion was holding newly captured positions in the Ypres Salient following the opening assault of the Third Battle of Ypres. Although not engaged in a major attack on that day, the battalion was exposed to constant German shelling, trench-mortar fire, machine-gun fire, and severe weather conditions that had turned the battlefield to mud. Many soldiers were killed during this hazardous period of consolidation, and Corporal John Hullin was among those who fell.

He is buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium, a burial ground for many who died in the early stages of the Passchendaele campaign.