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GEORGE JAYES
Garden Village HU8 8RY
England
BORN HULL 1891. AN ORPHAN. FORMER SEAMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS, AND A 37 INCH CHEST. ENLISTED IN THE ARMY, IN HULL, ON 15/11/1915. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED FRANCE, 06/05/1916. KILLED IN ACTION AT MAMETZ, 18/08/1916, AGED 25.
HE HAD SERVED 278 DAYS IN THE ARMY. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FOSTER MOTHER, MRS MARY JANE HARVATT, AT 5 THE POPLARS, DURHAM STREET, HULL, (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON HULL'S, ST. MARKS STREET MEMORIAL.
BURIED: Pvt G Jayes, Death Date:18 Aug 1916, Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Hauts-de-France
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