BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOSEPH BARRETT (1862-1922) & EDITH TOMLINSON, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. SON OF A BOILERMAKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 31050 EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/10/1918, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, EDITH. HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “A TOKEN OF HIS LOVE HE GAVE A PLEDGE OF LIBERTY”.
First name:
GEORGE
Regiment:
Military Number:
330973
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/10/1918
Place died:
Cement House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
96 , ST PAULS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
