BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM SNOWDEN (1877-1950) & CHRISTINA SUTHERLAND (1877-1942), OF THIS ADDRESS. ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. A PORTER AND CRANE DRIVER, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 2640 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 26/11/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/10/1917, AGED 19.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/10/1917, BY HIS SISTER, FLORRIE, AND ON 11/12/1917. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, CHRISTINA.
HE IS BURIED AT LEVEL CROSSING CEMETERY, FAMPOUX, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
202889
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/10/1917
Place died:
Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
17 , STAINIFORTH PLACE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
