BORN HULL 1876. ELDEST SON OF JOHN NESS (1856-1909) AND SARAH ELIZABETH HARTLEY (1859-1900). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS.
HIS UNMARRIED WIFE WAS JULIE ANN REASON, OF 14 BOURNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE HAD SERVED IN THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS DURING THE BOER WAR. ENLISTED WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/01/1916, AGED 39. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAIL MAIL, ON 16/01/1916.*
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
3769
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
03/01/1916
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
39
