BORN KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK 1887. KNOWN AS ‘BERT’. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM & ANNIE BLANCHE WELBURN, OF 20, MOXON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
ENLISTED HULL. A FORMER SOLDIER. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 14/08/1914. SERVED AS A BOMBARDIER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED ON 06/04/1917, AGED 29.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 03/05/1917.
HE IS BURIED AT BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “DEARLY LOVED AND DEEPLY MOURNED FROM THE FAMILY”
First name:
GEORGE HERBERT (BERT)
Military Number:
45530
Rank:
Acting Bombardier
Date Died
06/04/1917
Place died:
BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
29
20, MOXON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
