BORN HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF MRS MARTHA SMITH, OF 70 BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). A SINGLE MAN, WHO WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE WAS NEARLY SIX FOOT TALL AND OF GOOD PHYSIQUE. HIS TWO SISTERS LIVED AT 3 COBDEN STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 18//11/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WOUNDED AT THE SOMME, ON 15/07/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 23. HIS ARMY EFFECTS INCLUDED A SINGLE LETTER AND FOUR HANKERCHIEFS SENT TO HIS MOTHER AND SISTER SUZY.
First name:
GEORGE ALFRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/474
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
23
