George Boulton
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Gunner 145 and 291687
Parents: Henry and Margaret Boulton
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: Brokenborough, Malmesbury. Lived: 1 Victoria Road, Kingswood, Bristol.
Pre-war occupation: Police Constable
Date of birth: 1885
Place of birth: Long Newnton, Wiltshire
Date of death: 21/02/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Malmesbury Cemetery, Wiltshire. Not commemorated on a local memorial.
Age: 32
Further information:
George was born at Long Newnton, Wiltshire, the son of a farm labourer and a middle child of five with four brothers and a sister. In 1911 George was working as a policeman and was stationed in Kingswood. In 1913 he married Rosina Elizabeth Witchell from Frampton Cotterell, who before her marriage, was working as a servant at a private house also in Kingswood. George and Rosina's daughter, Hilda, was born in 1913 and their son, also George, was born the following year. The younger George was two years old when his father died.
George enlisted in the 129th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery in 1914 and was mobilised to France in March 1916. In February 1917, he died in Frensham Hill Military Hospital Surrey, which was a former private home that had been requisitioned for war use. He fractured his leg whilst on active service and died from a secondary pneumonia, whilst in hospital.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/