BORN FANGFOSS, YORKS 1896. SON OF MARY A SHIELDS, OF4, PERCY AVENUE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 27855, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 07/11/1916. BURIED AT CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY, WHO RECEIVED A 12 SHILLING WEEKLY WAR PENSION.
HE ALSO LEFT £280 TO SPINSTER HILDA RUDLAND, OF 7, BALNCHE TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HESSLE ROAD, WHO MARRIED IN 1920..
First name:
GEORGE
Regiment:
Military Number:
27855
Rank:
Private
Date Died
07/11/1916
Place died:
Cambrin Churchyard Extension, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
4, PERCY AVENUE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried