BORN SAINT SAMSON, GUERNSEY, 02/12/1897. SON OF FREDERICK SACKETT (1872-1950) & FLORENCE LANGDALE (1875-1960). BROTHER TO ROBERT, AGNES AND LETTIE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 32874, ‘C’ COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1917, AGED 2O. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, FLORENCE.
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE WW1 MEMORIAL
BURIED AT HEUDICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE ONLY SLEEPS SUCH SPIRITS NEVER DIE”.
| Name | George Langdale Sackett |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | St. Sampson’s, Guernsey |
| Death Date | 24 Dec 1917 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | L Corporal |
| Regiment | East Yorkshire Regiment |
| Battalion | 1st Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 32874 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
GEORGE LANGDALE
Military Number:
32874
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
24/12/1917
Place died:
Heudicourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
20
2, SUFFOLK TERRACE, SUFFOLK STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
