Category: Military
Rank: Private G/3541
Regiment or Ship: 8th Bn East Kent Regiment
Service Number(s): G/3541
Occupation: Motor Engineer at T. Wallis
Date of Birth: 1894/5
Place of Birth: High Halden, Kent
Date of Death: 26.09.1915
Place of Death: France
Place of Burial / Memorials:
1. Loos Memorial, France. 2. Town Memorial, Bexhill. 3. St. Stephen’s Church Memorial, Bexhill.
Address: 21 Leopold Road, Bexhill
Photos and newspaper articles
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Family Information
Parents:
Father: William H. W. b.1865/6.Doddington, Kent; d. Sept 1935, Bexhill
Mother: Elizabeth J (deceased) b.1864,Liverpool, Lancashire
Step-mother: Ada Maria b.1862.Huddersfield, Yorkshire (married William 1905)
SIBLINGS:
Alfred Gordon b. 19.02.1896 Charing Heath, Kent; d. 1973 HOPE Alfred Gordon
Sidney Wood b.1898 Charing Heath, Kent. HOPE Sidney Wood
First World War Experience
George was a member of the army and fought in France.
He was awarded the 1915 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Additional Information
Formerly a member of St. Stephen’s Church Choir, subsequently St. Peter’s Church Choir.
Brothers Alfred and Sidney also served in the Armed Forces during WW1.