BORN HIGH MOWTHORPE, YORKS 1890. HUSBAND OF RUTH NICHOLSON, AT 118 WELBECK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 22809, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT JEDFRECOURT, ON 29/05/1918, AGED 28. HE IS BURIED AT SISSONNE BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE.
HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON WELBECK STREET MEMORIAL.
HIS WIDOW REMARRIED AND BECAME MRS RUTH WOODHEAD, AT THE SAME ADDRESS.
First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
41004
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
29/05/1918
Place died:
SISSONNE BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE
Age:
28
118 , WELBECK STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried