This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 A. H. George (Arthur Henry George) (George, Arthur Henry) Service no 230638 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), (2450). 1st/2nd Battalion Enlisted at Tufton Street, London Killed in action age 23 on 1 July 1916 CWGC: "Son of John Daniel and Elizabeth George, of 82, Wandsworth Rd., London." Remembered at Gommecourt British Cemetery No. 2, Hebuterne, Pas de Calais, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Arthur Henry George, 17 and born in "Surrey, near London", was a messenger in a newspaper office. He lived with his parents and brother at 11 Riverhall Street, South Lambeth. John Daniel George, 57, was an unemployed general labourer, born in "Middlesex, London", Elizabeth George, 57, was from Billericay, Essex. The couple had had 6 children of whom 5 survived, with only Arthur and his brother Charles Ernest George, 29, a general labourer born in Billericay living with them. |
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 THESE WERE OUR SONS: Stories from Stockwell War Memorial by Naomi Lourie Klein. Every name is listed, with biographies for all those identified. The introduction gives an overview and the story of how the memorial was erected. £3 from every copy sale goes directly to the Friends of Stockwell War Memorial and Gardens Available from www.elefantbooks.com. £8.99 plus £2.75 p&p Special deals for SW8 and SW9 residents ♦ Charles Parker - family man and engineer ♦ The four Rance brothers ♦ Triple tragedy: the Desaleux brothers ♦ Samuel Levy's wife ♦ Frank Mason, 16, the youngest ♦ Cecil Philcox - Military Cross winner ♦ Chris Dartnell - shell shocked ♦ Cecil Philcox - killed in training ♦ Harold J. Hill - a riddle solved ♦ Harry Albert Nixon - syphilis treatment and conduct charges |
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