BORN TIPPERARY, IRELAND, 04/07/1880. SON OF HANNAH TIERNEY (1848-1923) & JOHN BILLETT (1847-1917).
HE MARRIED, FRANCES RACHEL PLOUGHER, AT HULL, IN 1916. THEY LIVED AT 1, RICHMOND TERRACE, ARGYLE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A CROSS BEARER AS A BOY AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, HULL.
FORMERLY EMPLOYED AT THE NEPTUNE HOTEL AND THE BUTCHER’S ARMS, QUEEN STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/6TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 36. COMMEMORATED ON THE THEIPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 05/10/1916.
First name:
GEORGE HERBERT
Military Number:
8022
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
36
1 RICHMOND TERRACE, ARGYLE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
