BORN HULL 1895. SECOND SON OF RICHARD EDWARDS & BETSEY ASHTON, OF 6, GRANT’S TERRACE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 10, ST ANDREWS TERRACE. MANCHESTER STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD AN ELDER BROTHER, RICHARD AND TWO SISTERS, HILDA AND ELIZABETH ANN.
HE CAME FROM A FAMILY OF FISH DEALERS.. EMPLOYED AS A FISH DEALER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 13/12/1917, AGED 22. COMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL FRANCE,
HIS ELDER BROTHER, PRIVATE, RICHARD EDWARDS, 38559, 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/10/1918, AGED 24.
THE ARMY EFFECTS OF BOTH SONS WERE LEFT TO THEIR FATHER, RICHARD EDWARDS.
First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
38381
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/12/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
