BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JANE ELIZABETH (LILY) DIXON & HER 6 CHILDREN ABOVE. 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A FORMER MINER. HIS ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS, DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 5.5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST, 125 LBS, BROWN EYS, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, FAIR COMPLEXION. CHIRCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. ENLISTED DONCASTER, 02/09/1914. EX 16621, KOYLI. POSTED TO FRANCE – 07/08/1915. PROMOTED CORPORAL, 07/05/1916. KILLED IN ACTION ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. HE WAS AGED 21. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER.
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Military Number:
10178
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Ovillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
21
67 , HARROW STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
