BORN HULL 1878. SON OF JOHN & ANNIE MAW BOLTON,OF HULL. LIVED IN SCARBOROUGH. HUSBAND OF ANNIE BOLTON, FLOWERS YARD, MARKET PLACE, MALTON, YORK. ENLISTED RICHMOND, YORKS. LANCE SERGEANT IN THE 7TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT 18TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, ETAPLES, ON 22/08/1915, AGED 37. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE.
BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE WAS A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND BUT GOD GAVE HIM A RESTING PLACE”
First name:
GEORGE ROBERT
Military Number:
2629077
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Date Died
22/08/1915
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
37
