BORN HOLBECK, LEEDS, 1872. HE MARRIED FLORENCE CAROLINE ROUSE (1874-1927), AT HULL, ON 21/06/1892. HIS WIFE, FLORENCE & TEN CHILDREN (EIGHT DAUGHTERS), LIVED AT, 91 CLIFTON TERRACE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL IN 1901 & THEN AT 4, ELIZA’S PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A DOCK WATERMAN, FOR THE WILSON LINE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST BATTALION, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/11/1915, AGED 43.
HIS DEATH, ADDRESS AND PHOTOGRAPH ARE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 30TH NOVEMBER 1915. *
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2.
NB: PTE; MICHAEL J BUCKLEY – 7 WALKER TERRACE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL.
First name:
GEORGE HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/7651
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/11/1915
Place died:
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Belgium
Age:
43
