BORN ST GEORGES, HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF AMOS & ANNIE MILLS – 10 DANES HILL ROAD, LEICESTER. HE HAD AN ELDER SISTER, MAJORIE. EMPLOYED AS A BANK CLERK FOR THE LONDON CITY BANK. HE WAS UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 6 FOOT, 1.5 INCHES TALL, 156 LBS WEIGHT, 37-40 INCH CHEST SIZE.
ENLISTED AT LEICESTER, ON 01/09/1914, JOINING THE 4TH LEICESTER REGIMENT. PROMOTED LANCE CORPORAL, ON 20/10/1914, FULL CORPORAL, ON 31/10/1914 AND LANCE SERGEANT, ON 26/01/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 02/03/1915. HE WAS KILLED IN A CTION, ON 13/10/1915, AGED 20. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR ONE YEAR AND 43 DAYS. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING.
First name:
GEORGE EMERY
Military Number:
2601
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Date Died
13/10/1915
Place died:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
, LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE, EAST MIDLANDS, UK
