BORN HULL, STONEFERRY 1892. SON OF THOMAS GROVES WESTERDALE (1865-1938) & SARAH ELLEN (1865-1963), OF 10 GARBUTT, STONEFERRY, HULL. A FORMER CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 9/22094, OF THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIENT. HE MARRIED ELIZA BURKITT (1893-1976) AT HULL IN 1916. HIS WIFE ELIZA WESTERDALE ABOVE. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 06/12/1916, AGED 23, AT NO 18 GENERAL HOSPITAL, CCAMIERS, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ELIZA. HE IS BURIED AT ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “A LIFE WELL SPENT FOR THE MASTER IN HEAVEN TO GAIN REWARD”.
First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
36247
Rank:
Private
Date Died
06/12/1916
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
