George Cullimore
Memorial: Wickwar - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 11636
Parents: Anthony and Emily Cullimore (nee Denning)
Home address: Cowship Lane, Cromall
Pre-war occupation: General Labourer
Date of birth: 25/02/1894
Place of birth: Iron Acton, Bristol
Date of death: 25/09/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Dud Corner Cemetery (Ref: IV. K. 10.), Loos, France
Age: 21
Further information:
George Cullimore was born in 1894 in Iron Acton. His date of birth is taken from the North Road School Admission Register. His parents were Anthony and Emily Cullimore and they had married in 1874 in Clifton (March Quarter). His mother’s maiden name was Denning. His father died in 1904 (March Quarter) and he had worked as a labourer on the railway. His father was born in Stinchcombe
George was working as a general labourer and living with his widowed mother and his brothers Reginald and William in 1911 in Cowship Lane in Cromhall. His other siblings were Charles, Ethel, Harold and Daisy
He enlisted in Bristol and joined the 10th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment as a private. He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1914/15 Star medals. He died in September 1915 aged 21 years old. He is buried in Dud Corner Cemetery in France. He is remembered on the Wickwar war memorials and the Chipping Sodbury Cottage Hospital Memorial Board which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre. There is a poor quality photo of him on the Iron Acton WWI file which is taken from the Wickwar Roll of Honour (Feb 16th 1916). This file is held at Yate and District Heritage Centre
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and the book 'Lest We Forget' by Arthur Threlfall Searson. Forces War Records and CWGC