Agnew, Jack
Gunner
No. 238859, ‘A’ Battery, 285th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Killed in action on Thursday 4 April 1918
No known grave
Commemorated:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium (Panel 1)
BIOGRAPHY
In the Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 – 1919 database it is recorded that Gunner Jack Agnew (No. 238859) was born in Bangor and enlisted in Belfast.
In the Army Register of Soldiers’ Effects it is recorded that his mother’s name was Elizabeth.
Gunner Jack Agnew (No. 238859) served with the Royal Field Artillery and was killed in action ‘on or since’ 4 April 1918 during the German Spring Offensive.
Gunner Jack Agnew (No. 238859) has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium.
Research is ongoing into the fact that, in some other records, Gunner James Wilson Brown who served with the Royal Field Artillery is recorded as having the same number (No. 238859).