BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF THOMAS NORWOOD & LUCY JUDITH NORWOOD (1868-1935), AT 316 , STONEFERRY ROAD, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). A BOOK KEEPER.
ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 04/12/1916. MOBILIZED ON 06/03/1917. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 02/01/1918. SERVED WITH THE 6TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AND DIED OF LEG WOUNDS, IN CAPTIVITY, ON 31/03/1918, AGED 19. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY, FOR 1 YEAR AND 118 DAYS. His ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. HE ALSO LEFT TWO SISTERS, NELLIE, AND JESSIE.
HE IS BURIED AT ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “NEVER FORGOTTEN”.
First name:
GEORGE THOMAS WILLIAM
Military Number:
78691
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/03/1918
Place died:
ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE
Age:
19
316 , STONEFERRY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
