BORN WOOD GREEN, MIDDLESEX 1885. SON OF JULIA THULBOURN (1861-1925) & HARRY ANTHONY (1861-1928). SON OF A FLOUR MILL OFFICE CLERK. THE FAMILY LIVED IN LONDON, WITHERNSEA AND AT 12 , SWINBURNE STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/03/1916, AGED 30. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, YPRES, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, HARRY. HE LEFT BROTHERS, JAMES, AND CHARLES (A HULL POLICEMAN), AND SISTERS, ELLEN AND GWENDOLINE.
HIS TWO BROTHERS, CHARLES GORDON ANTHONY , 15664, 32ND DAC, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY & WILLIAM HORACE ANTHONY, 16164, RAMC APPEAR ON THE SAME WAR PENSION CARD.
First name:
GEORGE JACKSON
Regiment:
Military Number:
12365
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
30/03/1916
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
30
12 , SWINBURNE STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
