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GEORGE EDWIN ABEL
GREEN LANE, HULL,
Hull HU2 0HG
England
BORN HULL 01/10/1897. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO, ON 17/10/1897.
ELDEST SON OF GEORGE ABEL (1872-1938) & MARY ELLEN SNEE (1873-1952), OF 4, SPRINGFIELD VILLAS, MORLEY STRETT, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 8, JOHNSON'S BUILDINGS, TREVOR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ELDEST SON OF A CARRIER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND/7TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/08/1917, IN NIEUPORT, BELGIUM. AGED 19.
HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY ELLEN.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
| Name | George Edwin Abel |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, Yorkshire, 1 Oct 1897. Eldest son of George and Mary Ellen Abel, of 8, Johnson's Buildings, Trevor St., Green Lane, Hull. Ex-Barton & Waterhouse Kings Mill, Stoneferry Hull. |
| Death Date | 1 Aug 1917 |
| Death Place | Nieuwpoort Communal Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Manchester Regiment |
| Battalion | 2 7th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 42845 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed instantly by a shell whilst carrying rations to the Trenches Belgium Wednesday 01/08/1917 aged 19 years. |
| Comments | Hull Weekly News 1/9/1917 photo. His name is recorded on St Charles Church Memorial, Jarrett Street Hull; |
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