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GEORGE ANDERSON
Kingston upon Hull HU8 7SA
BORN HULL 1893. FOURTH SON OF AARON ANDERSON (1862-1918) AND SARAH ELIZABETH STOCKDALE (1860-1914), OF 87, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 12, HARCOURT STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A SHIP PLATER, BORN GREENOCK, SCOTLAND. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN LONDON. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS, ALL BORN IN HULL. EMPLOYED AS A TINSMITH, AT THE RECKITTS, CANSTER WORKS, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS ON 12 DEC 1914. SERVED IN EGYPT & FRANCE. KILLED BY A SNIPER, 28/08/1916, AGED 23.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TOP GENA PINDER. HIS DEATH AND PHOTO WERE REPORTED IN THE Hull Daily Mail, 01/09/1916.
Hull Pals Memorial. PRIVATE GEORGE ANDERSON 12/1155. Born in 1893, George was a labourer by trade and lived at 5 Halton Terrace, Hotham Street, Hull. He enlisted at City Hall on 12th December 1914 joining the 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 'The Sportsmen', 3rd Hull Pals. He served in Egypt from Christmas 1915 until 29th February 1916 when they left Port Said for Marseilles and north to the trenches of the Western Front. George was killed in action on 28th August 1916 and is buried in St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery; he was 23 years old.
Richebourg 62136
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