BORN HULL 1891. ON OF JOSIAH SMITH (1854-1932) & ELIZA ELLEN AUSTIN (1860-1932), OF 75 STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A WATERMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 141 LBS WEIGHT, 36-38 INCH CHEST.
HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 03/08/1918. HIS WIFE BEATRICE BOLDRA WARD HAIRSINE, LIVED AT 7 NELSON TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON21/12/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WOUNED IN THE CHEST AND LEFT FOOT, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916. HE RETURNED TO ENGLAND. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, IN HULL, ON 07/12/1918 AGED 27. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
First name:
GEORGE
Regiment:
Military Number:
12/1235
Rank:
Private
Date Died
07/12/1918
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
27
7 NELSON TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
