BORN PATRINGTON 1895. SON OF EDWARD CLARK (1865-1926) & SARAH ANN PAWSON (1863-1917). BROTHER TO WILLIAM, FRANK, RONALD AND NORAH. LIVED IN WINESTEAD (1901 CENSUS). SON OF A FARMER. HE WORKED AS A FARM WORKER. HE LIVED IN HULL ACCORDING TO SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS.
HE ENLISTED IN PATRINGTON, FEBRUARY 1913. FORMERLY, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY, TROOPER, 50143 LANCERS. SERVED AS SERGEANT, 50581, 10TH COMPANY, IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, IN EGYPT, ON 28/03/1918, AGED 23. HE IS BURIED AT DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, SYRIA.
BROTHER OF WILLIAM EDWARD CLARK, ALSO LISTED ON THE WINESTEAD WAR MEMORIAL.
First name:
GEORGE PAWSON
Military Number:
1226 / 50143 / 50581
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
28/03/1918
Place died:
Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria
Age:
23
