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GEORGE KEY
Kingston upon Hull HU3 2NS
England
BORN HULL 10/05/1879. SON OF LATE WILLIAM BOSTON KEY (1838-1879) & ANN WRIGHT. BORN AT 7 ELLEN'S TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. MARRIED ELIZABETH CAPES, ON 07/01/1903. THEY LIVED AT1 WILBERFORCE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A TRAWLER FISHERMAN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND ROYAL FUSILIERS. DIED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 31/10/1915, AGED 36. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLES MEMORIAL.
HE IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE BEAN STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 11 October 1916).
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