BORN IDLE, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE 1891. SON OF MARY HARRIET HALL & FREDERICK JACOB VOSS (STEP FATHER), OF 6, NELSON’S VILLAS, EGTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A SAW MILL LABOURER, LIVING AT 11, STANLEY TERRACE, LEE SMITH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, BUT RESIDED IN BRADFORD. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION AT OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 26. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Oppy Wood, Arras, France 1917 | Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 – 1918 (ww1hull.com)
First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
12/518
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
26
