BORN CHATHAM 1889. SON OF WILLIAM MYERS (1862-1921) & SARAH ELIZABETH MILNER (1866-1944), OF 17, WOLLATON AVENUE, DANSOM LANE, HULL . SON OF A RAILWAY PLATELAYER, WHO HAD WORKED IN GRAVESEND, KENT. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS.
EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON 23/07/1916, AGED 27.
HIS BROTHER CHARLES MYERS WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN 1914. HE IS PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 4TH NOVEMBER 1914 WITH HIS BROTHERS CHARLES & JAMES HUBBARD MYERS WHO ALSO SERVED.*
BOTH MYERS BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE DANSOM LANE MEMORIAL, HULL.
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6112
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
27
