BORN DRIFFIELD 1890. SON OF DAVID EDWARD BOURNER (1854-1899) & MARY ANN ROBSON (1858-1940), OF 20 CHESTNUT AVENUE, PARK ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS & PARISH MAGAZINE) AND 14, FLORENCE GROVE, QUEENS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. FOUR BROTHERS SERVED IN THE WAR. THREE OF THEM WERE KILLED.
GEORGE BOURNER WAS A SINGLE MAN. HE WORKED AS A CRANE DRIVER, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS AND FOR MR J. WINSALL, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 16TH CHESHIRE REGIMENT. HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED TWICE ON THE SOMME, WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/07/1917, AGED 26. THE SECOND SON TO DIE. “MISSED BY ALL. A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS AND GOOD SOLDIER AND MUCH RESPECTED BY ALL RANKS.” HIS MOTHER, MARY RECEIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 8 SHILLINGS AND SIX PENCE, ON 22/01/1918.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 30/07/1917. *
HE IS BURIED AT VILLERS-FAUCON COMMUNAL CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE READS, “SLEEP ON BELOVED SLEEP & TAKE THY REST”.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, HAROLD BOURNER, 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/07/1916, AGED 28. HIS OTHER BROTHER, PRIVATE. PERCY BOURNER, SERVED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, AND DIED ON 16/05/1918, AGED 23.
