BORN HULL 1893. ONLY SON OF GEORGE AND EMMA POWLEY. HE LIVED & WORKED ON WAINLESS FARM, COTTINGHAM, WITH HIS FIVE SISTERS (1911 CENSUS) HE JOINED THE NER SERVICE ON 22/02/1913. WORKED AS A CHAIN HORSE LAD IN WEST HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 02/09/1914. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 24/09/1915, AGED 22 . HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY, ON 21/10/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, AND IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 23/10/1915. *
First name:
GEORGE ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
11291
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/09/1915
Place died:
Bedford House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
22
10 KINGS CROSS TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
