BORN HULL 05/01/1894. SON OF ALBERT BARRASS (1873-1930) AND FLORENCE ADA LYALL (1876-1903). HE WORKED AS AN ABLE SEAMAN AND SHIP CREWMAN. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND LIVED AT 7 ALEXANDRA TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL
HE JOINED THE ARMY WHEN WAR BEGAN AND ENLISTED IN HULL. HE WAS ACTING CORPORAL, IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1916, AGED 22. BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 30TH OCTOBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.*
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER ALBERT, ON HEDON ROAD, HULL
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
11219
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
26/09/1916
Place died:
Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, Somme, France
Age:
21
7 ALEXANDRA TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
