BORN HULL 1897. WILLIAM WILSON & HANNAH SOPHIA BROUGH (1857-1915), OF 19 SPITTLE STREET, LIME STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF AN OIL MILLER. HE WORKED AS A GROCER’S ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4216, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH BORDER REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 08/05/1917, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S ST MARK STREET MEMORIAL.
HIS ELDEST BROTHER, PRIVATE, THOMAS WILLIAM WILSON, 4431, 5TH BORDER REGIMENT, WAS KILLED ON 16/09/1916, AGED 29.
First name:
GEORGE FREDERICK
Military Number:
241863
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/05/1917
Place died:
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
20
19 , SPITTLE STREET, LIME STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
