BORN HULL 1897. SON OF CHARLES VALENTINE BROCKLESBY (1858-1912) & SARAH ANN AYSCOUGH (1871-1943), OF 1 WENLOCK TERRACE, RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL, AND “DAIRY FARM” DANSOM LANE, HULL. A FORMER RECKITTS WORKER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 31/08/1914 AT THE AGE OF 17, REPORTING THAT HE WAS A BUTCHER, AGED 23. HE WAS DISCHARGE AFTER 61 DAYS AS TOO YOUNG. HE RE-ENLISTED AND SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 20552, 1ST BATTALION, KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 08/05/1915, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE DANSOM LANE ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL.
HIS AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 22/07/1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
GEORGE CLIFFORD
Military Number:
20552
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
08/05/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
18
1 WENLOCK TERRACE, RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
