BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN EDWARD APPLEBY (1870-1915) & MARY AGNES APPLEBY. THEIR HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS WAS THE DAIRYCOATES PETROL HOUSE, NEWINGTON STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS AN ENGINEER FOR THE PETROL COMPANY. GEORGE APPLEBY WORKED AS A BUTCHER (1911 CENSUS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FFOT, 10 INCHES TALL, 150 LBS WEIGHT, 38.5 INCH CHEST, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/10/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2342, 3/1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 20/01/1917. WOUNDED IN ACTION, ON, 08/04/1917. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 03/06/1917, AGED 22.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER JOHN EDWARD APPLEBY.
HE IS BURIED AT MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX, FPAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
28490
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/06/1917
Place died:
MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX, FPAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
22
BRITISH PETROL HOUSE, DAIRYCOATES, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
