BORN ESSEX, 1881. SON OF GEORGE AND KATHERINE (KATE) KING. A FISHERMAN. HE MARRIED, FLORENCE ANNIE LOUGHTON, AT HULL REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 15/03/1905. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR DAUGHTER, MARY, AT THIS ADDRESS.
HE ENLISTED IN THE 11TH EYE (HULL PALS), ON 10/09/1914, AGED 33 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. HIS ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM, AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 171 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES AND TATTOOS ON BOTH ARMS. TRAINED AT SOUTH CAMP, RIPON.
HE WAS DISCHARGED WITH CANCER, ON 09/07/1915. DIED IN HULL, ON 10/03/1916, AGED 35. HE HAD SERVED FOR 303 DAYS. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND ONE CHILD. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
First name:
GEORGE EDWARD
Military Number:
965
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/03/1916
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
35
11 CLIFTON TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
