BORN HULL 1895. YOUNGEST CHILD OF WALLACE POUNDER (1851-1931) & THE LATE, EMMA ANN HORSFIELD, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR MARRIED SISTERS. A BOILER MAKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 18/12/1915, AGED 20 YEARS AND SIX MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCH ES TALL, 36.5 INCH CHEST, 137 LBS WEIGHT, AND “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. JOINED THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. TRAINED AT CHATHAM. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 09/04/1917. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1917, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WALLACE. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
First name:
GEORGE
Regiment:
Military Number:
203106
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
12/10/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
