BORN HULL 1880. SON OF THOMAS AND MARIA BIRKS (BURKS). HE WAS A BOARDING AT 5, ST THOMAS’ TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL- (1911 CENSUS). WORKED AS A SHIPS’S COOK.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL COMMERCIALS. SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. . KILLED IN ACTION AT OPPY WOOD ON 3RD MAY 1917.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, LONIE MARION TASKER, WHO HE MARRIED 5 MONTHS BEFORE ON 3/12/1916.
First name:
GEORGE ERNEST
Regiment:
Military Number:
10/472
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
36
5, ST THOMAS' TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
