BORN STONEFERRY, HULL, OCTOBER 1897. SON OF ALFRED HANDSON (1870-1918) AND DINAH HANDSON AT 22, PARK VIEW, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. HE WAS ONE OF NINE CHILDREN (FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS).
BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A BUTCHER’S ASSISTANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2.5 INCHES TALL, 113 LBS WEIGHT, 34-36 INCH CHEST, “GOOD” CHARACTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/02/1915. SERVED IN THE 13TH EYR (DEPOT). DID NOT SEE ACTIVE SERVICE. DIED AT HOME, ON 01/06/1916, AGED 18.
HIS BROTHER, JOHN WILLIAM HANDSON WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES IN 1915 AND HIS FATHER, RNR, DIED OF INFLUENZA IN 1918. THEIR NAMES ARE INSCROBED ON ST MARYS CHURCH MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LANE, BUT GEORGE FREDERICJ HANDSON IS OMITTED.
First name:
GEORGE FREDERICK
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/11
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/06/1916
Place died:
Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
18
