George Hatherell
Memorial: Wapley - St Peter's Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 4186
Parents: Frederick and Rebecca (Nee Walker) Hatherall
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: 2 The Park, Wapley Lived: 1901 Census – The family lived in Pinns Cottage, Codrington Village.
Pre-war occupation: Farm Lad (1911 Census)
Date of birth: 1896
Place of birth: Kingswood, Dursley District
Date of death: 22/08/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B.), France
Age: 20
Further information:
George was born in 1896 2nd quarter - Kingswood, Dursley District and Baptised at St Peter's Church, Wapley on 08/06/1900 the same day as his brothers Isaac and Francis.
The 1911 Census records George living with his parents in Codrington with 4 of his brothers. George had a twin brother Isaac who survived the war and on the 1939 register was a widower and living in Wapley with his father and younger brother William.
George Hatherell served with the 1st/6th Battalion of the Gloucestshire Regiment as a private. George was Killed in Action on the 22nd August 1916. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France and also on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Wapley and Codrington.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre.
Forces War Records.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.