Key, George

BORN HULL 10/05/1879. SON OF LATE WILLIAM BOSTON KEY (1838-1879) & ANN WRIGHT. BORN AT 7 ELLEN’S TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. MARRIED ELIZABETH CAPES, ON 07/01/1903. THEY LIVED AT1 WILBERFORCE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A TRAWLER FISHERMAN.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND ROYAL FUSILIERS. DIED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 31/10/1915, AGED 36. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN.

HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLES MEMORIAL.

HE IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE BEAN STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 11 October 1916).


First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
10585
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/10/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
36
1 WILBERFORCE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK