Roberts, George Frederick (Fred)

Pte, George Frederick Roberts, 1st EYR

BORN WARWICKS 1877. SON OF LOUISA E ROBERTS, OF 7 GRAHAM ROW, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED WITH THE WORCESTER REGIMENT FOR 16 YEARS AND HAD BEEN THROUGH THE BOER WAR. IN CIVIL LIFE, HE WORKED FOR MESSRS, DARBY, OF MILL STREET, HULL, BUT BEING A RESERVIST WAS CALLED UP WHEN WAR BEGAN.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/6741, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/02/1915, AGED 38.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST CHARLES BORREMEO CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL . HE IS BURIED AT HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, IN FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 28/02/1917. *


First name:
GEORGE FREDERICK
Military Number:
3/6741
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/02/1915
Place died:
Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
38
7 GRAHAM ROW, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK