BORN BRIDLINGTON 1877. SON OF JOHN & JANE ANN WROOT. HE MARRIED FLORENCE ADA ROGERS, IN 1901. WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY SINCE 1910 IN WEST HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AT GALLIPOLI. SUFFERED FROM YELLOW JAUNDICE IN GREECE. WAS KILLED IN FRANCE, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 39. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD.
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER RICHARD WROOT, JOINED THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN 1904 AND WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HIS OLDER BROTHER, HENRY WROOT DIED AT YORK IN 1917. THEIR SISTER ANNIE ELIZA WROOT MARRIED A TEACHER AND MOVED TO HACKNEY, LONDON.
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6851
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
15/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
39
