Fotherby, George Henry

Sapper, George Henry Fotherby, 3rd Canadian Engineers.

BORN HULL 21/05/1891. ELDEST SON OF JOHN WILLIAM FOTHERBY (1860-1945) & ELIZABETH WOODS (1863-1939), OF 2, HENRY TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE LIVED AT 3 NEW STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, & 63 GOODWIN STREET, HULL, WITH BROTHER, ERNEST FOTHERBY, 2ND EYR.

GEORGE EMIGRATED TO CANADA, WHERE HE WORKED AS A CARPENTER. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 36-39 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, BLACK HAIR, TATTOOS ON BOTH ARMS.

HE ENLISTED IN CANADA on 22/09/1914. HE RETURNED TO HULL, BEFORE PROCEEDING TO FRANCE. HE SERVED WITH THE 3RD FIELD COMPANY, CANADIAN ENGINNERS. HE WAS KILLED IN THE VIVINITY OF ST JEAN, FRANCE, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 23. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.

HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 14TH MAY 1915. *


First name:
GEORGE HENRY
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
23/04/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
23
2, HENRY TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK