BORN HULL 1900. SON OF JOHN THOMAS FLINTOFF (1865-1917) & SARAH JANE BARNETT (1869- ), OF 12 BROOKLYN TERRACE, WORTHING STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 10, CLAREMONT AVENUE, REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A RULLEYMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1 INCH TALL, 100 LBS WEIGHT, GREY EYES, BROWN HAIR, SCAR ON FOREHEAD.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 02/03/1916. CALL UP ON 02/04/1918. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 17/08/1918. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/10/1918, AGED 18. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 193 DAYS.
BURIED AT WELLINGTON CEMETERY, RIEUX-EN-CAMBRESIS, NORD, FRANCE
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST JOHNS CHURCH, WW1 MEMORIAL, NEWLAND, HULL.
First name:
GEORGE LICKES
Military Number:
51336
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/10/1918
Place died:
WELLINGTON CEMETERY, RIEUX-EN-CAMBRESIS, NORD, FRANCE
Age:
18
12, BROOKLYN TERRACE, WORTHING STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
