BORN 1888. AKA HENRY. SON OF JOHN & ELIZABETH DODSLEY, OF THE ABOVE ADDRESS. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. A REGULAR SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE 18TH FIELD AMBULANCE, ON 15/05/1915, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WILMINGTON MEMORIAL, SUTTON, WITH BROTHER JAMES DODSLEY, 8980, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, KILLED ON 04/06/1916.
HE IS BURIED AT ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “NEVER WILL HIS MEMORY FADE”.
First name:
GEORGE HENRY (HENRY)
Regiment:
Military Number:
8106
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/05/1915
Place died:
Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension, Nord, France
Age:
28
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