BORN HULL 01/10/1897. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE ABEL (1872-1938) & MARY ELLEN SNEE (1873-1952), OF MORLEY STRETT, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND TREVOR STREET, HULL. 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, JARRETT 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
