BORN HULL 01/10/1897. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO, ON 17TH OCTOBER 1897.
ELDEST SON OF GEORGE ABEL (1872-1938) & MARY ELLEN SNEE (1873-1952), OF 4, SPRINGFIELD VILLAS, MORLEY STRETT, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 8, JOHNSON’S BUILDINGS, TREVOR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ELDEST SON OF A CARRIER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND/7TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED, HOLDING THE LINE, ON 01/08/1917, IN NIEUPORT, BELGIUM.
HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
First name:
GEORGE EDWIN
Regiment:
Military Number:
12845
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/08/1917
Place died:
Nieuwpoort Communal Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
8, JOHNSON'S BUILDINGS, GREEN LANE, TREVOR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
