BORN HULL 1891. AN ORPHAN. FORMER SEAMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS, AND A 37 INCH CHEST. ENLISTED IN THE ARMY, IN HULL, ON 15/11/1915. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED FRANCE, 06/05/1916. KILLED IN ACTION AT MAMETZ, 18/08/1916, AGED 25.
HE HAD SERVED 278 DAYS IN THE ARMY. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FOSTER MOTHER, MRS MARY JANE HARVATT, AT 5 THE POPLARS, DURHAM STREET, HULL, (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON HULL’S, ST. MARKS STREET MEMORIAL.
BURIED: Pvt G Jayes, Death Date:18 Aug 1916, Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
First name:
GEORGE
Regiment:
Military Number:
9/21233
Rank:
Private
Date Died
18/08/1916
Place died:
Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France
Age:
25
