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GEORGE WATSON NORTH
BORN HULL 1898. YOUNGEST SON OF FRED NORTH (1855-1925) & ELIZABETH ISABELLA WATSON (1859-1917), OF 55, RAILWAY COTTAGES, DAIRYCOATES, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS FRED AND THOMAS AND A SISTER FLORENCE, WHO LIVED AT NOS 44 & 48 RAILWAYS COTTAGES, HULL.
HE WAS A RAILWAY ENGINE WORKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1 INCH TALL, 35.5 INCH CHEST, GOOD PHYSIQUE, NORMAL VISION.
HE ENLISTED ON 03/04/1915. JOINED THE 2/4TH EYR. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 10/05/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 14/09/1916. WOUNDED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1916 (GUNSHOT WOUND TO RIGHT THIGH & FRACTURED FEMUR). TRANSFERRED TO ENGLAND, ON 03/10/1916. DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE 3RD SCOTTISH HOSPITAL, GLASGOW, ON 26/10/1916, AGED 19. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED HIS FATHER FRED.
HIS BROTHER, THOMAS ALBERT CHRISTOPHER NORTH, 32/389, SERVED WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS.
Kingston upon Hull HU5 4AY
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