BORN HULL 1899. SON OF MINNIE MITCHELL & THE LATE THOMAS F MITCHELL. HIS MOTHER MARRIED WILLIAM GEORGE GIBSON, AND LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. EX PRIVATE, 4294 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 6TH CHESHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF FLU ON 04/11/1918, AGED 19. HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER MINNIE.
HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE, AT PONT-DE-NIEPPE COMMUNAL CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE”.
First name:
GEORGE ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
244746
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/11/1918
Place died:
pont de nieppe communal cemetery nord france
Age:
19
