BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THOMAS SOWERSBY MARTINSON (1870-1949) AND MARGARET (MAGGIE) COLBRIDGE (1875-1954), OF 1 VINCENT TERRACE, NORWOOD STREET, HULL. (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
GEORGE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1466, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO 152ND MACHINE GUN CORPS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 18. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME, FRANCE.
HE WAS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE NORWOOD STREET, ROLL OF HONOUR, (HDM 27/10/1916). HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 30TH OCTOBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
GEORGE THOMAS
Military Number:
23479
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
16/09/1916
Place died:
Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France
Age:
18
