BORN HULL 1889. SON OF LUKE JAMES WASS (1868-1922) & CLARA LOFT (1865-1944), OF 4, ROBINSON’S PLACE, PRINCESS STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF FOUR SONS WHO ALL DIED IN THE WAR. A TINNERS LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 242784, WITH THE 2/5TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT. HE DIED ON 16/03/1917, AGED 28. HE IS BURIED AT QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, JAMES WASS, 6TH EYR, WAS KILLED ON 17/09/1917, AGED 25.
ANOTHER BROTHER, PRIVATE, JOHN WASS, 8TH EYR, WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 04/05/1917, AGED 19.
HIS THIRD BROTHER, PRIVATE, SAMUEL WASS, 20TH HUSSARS, WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY& DIED OF CONSUMPTION 26/05/1917, AGED 23. THE FOUR BROTHERS HAD ALL GONE WITHIN 16 MONTHS.
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Military Number:
242784
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/03/1917
Place died:
Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
28
4, ROBINSON'S PLACE, PRINCESS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
