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). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 2342 EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 3/06/1917, 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
