BORN STONEFERRY, HULL, OCTOBER 1897. SON OF ALFRED AND DINAH HANDSON AT 22, PARK VIEW, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. HE WAS ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A BUTCHER’S ASSISTANT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/02/1915. DIED AT HOME 01/06/1916, AGED 18.
HIS BROTHER, JOHN WILLIAM HANDSON WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES IN 1915 AND HIS FATHER, RNR, DIED OF INFLUENZA IN 1918.
First name:
GEORGE FREDERICK
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/11
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/06/1916
Place died:
Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
18
