BORN FOXHOLES, YORKSHIRE 1883. SON OF ALICE WOOD, OF 12 MASON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
HIS WIFE ANNIE & 2 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 48 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 3, WESTMORELAND STREET, HULL. AN OIL CAKE PRESSMAN, BEFORE THE WAR.
HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS ACTING SERGEANT, WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN BOTH EYES, AND HAD FEVER TWICE (HDM 25/01/1917). RETURNED TO DUTIES. HE WAS AGAIN WOUNDED AND DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 21/02/1918, AGED 34. COMMEMORATED AT THE POZIERES MEMORIAL.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ALICE.
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
8881
Rank:
Acting Sergeant
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
34
