BORN HORSHAM, ST FAITHS, NORFOLK, 14/12/1884. SON OF SUSANNAH ROGERS (1854-1919) AND BENJAMIN PLATTEN (1857-1927), OF NORWICH. HUSBAND OF ROSA MANDALL HALL, WHO HE MARRIED AT HORSHAM, ON 14/04/1914, AGED 29. A FORMER SOLDIER AND PLATELAYER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, LIVING AT 24 MICHAEL STREET, PORTER STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 18/12/1914.
HE EMBARKED WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 08/09/1915, SERVED WITH “G” COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, BETWEEN 20/10/1914- 21/01/1918. NO KNOWN GRAVE. COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW. HIS BROTHER, SGT, BENJAMIN PLATTEN, CLAIMED HIS MEDALS, BUT THEY WERE RETURNED WHEN NOT RECIEVED.
HIS WIDOW ROSA, MARRIED SGT, J.W. WHITNEY, WEST YORKS, ON 12/01/1918.
First name:
GEORGE DANIEL
Regiment:
Military Number:
7998
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/10/1914
Place died:
PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM
Age:
29
24 MICHAEL STREET, PORTER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
