BORN HULL 1900. ONLY SON OF GEORGE & SARAH ELIZABETH SHIELDS, HULL. BEFORE JOINING THE ARMY HE WORKED AT HIS FATHER’S BUTCHER’S SHOP, AT 17 CHAPMAN STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (TERRITORIALS) REPORTED MISSING AND PRESUMED KILLED, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST MARKS STREET MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 6TH AUGUST 1919. *
First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
69198
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/05/1918
Place died:
Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Age:
18
17 , CHAPMAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
