BORN SPALDING MOOR, 1884. SON OF GEORGE W. & BESSIE BLANCHARD, OF 30 HOOD STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS WIFE GERTRUDE LIVED AT BLUCHER LANE, BECKSIDE, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, 38193 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2/4TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1918, AGED 34. HIS BROTHER AMOS ALSO SERVED.
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Military Number:
35968
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/07/1918
Place died:
Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Age:
34
30 , HOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried