BORN SHEFFIELD 1899. SON OF JOHN AND ADA DAVIS, OF 5, OUSE ROAD, DARNELL, SHEFFIELD (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHER OF MRS SHARPE, OF DERBY STREET, HULL. A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF SCULCOATES STONE WORKS. HE RESIDED AT 1, THORNHILL AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL (THIS ADDRESS IS FROM THE 1914 ELECTORAL RECORDS).
HE ENLISTED IN SHEFFIELD. SERVED WITH 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED IN ACTION, ON 18/09/1918, AGED 19.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE PILLARS AT ST MARY’S CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
NB: OTHER POSSIBLE ADDRESSES – 26 BOURNEMOUTH STREET, 7 RYDE STREET, 13 FOLKESTONE STREET.
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
38946
Rank:
Private
Date Died
18/09/1918
Place died:
Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
1, THORNHILL AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
