BORN HULL 1886. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE LIVED AT 2, MILITARY ROAD, COLCHESTER WITH WIFE ALICE MARGARET CARTER, AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN. A FORMER SHOE HAND. HE ENLISTED AT LEICESTER, ON 09/03/1905, AGED 18. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6.5 INCHES TALL, 120LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, BROWN HAIR, PALE COMPLEXION. SERVED AS A SERGEANT WITH THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. HAD SURVIVED MOST OF THE WAR. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 32.
DETAILS FROM ARMY SERVICE RECORDS.
HE IS BURIED AT GRAND-SERAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE.
First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
6460
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
GRAND-SERAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE
Age:
32
2, MILITARY ROAD, COLCHESTER, ESSEX, UK
Place Buried
