Private 3575 George Daniel Gething

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Royal Fusiliers - 3rd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 05/05/1915

Age at death: 22
Date of death: 22nd of May 1915 (Saturday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 6 and 8.

Family details:
Son of James and Elizabeth Gething, of 18, Devon St., St. Helens, Lancs.

Census details:
1901 - 8 years old George D is living at 18 Devon Street, St Helens with parents James (54), Elizabeth (39) and three siblings: Hannah B (13), Mary E (12), Thomas F (4). Boarding at the address is Thomas Houghton (37). 1911 - Sees 18 years old 'Warehouse Man' George D living at 159 Cambridge Road, St Helens with widowed mother Elizabeth (49), brother Thomas Frederick (14) and married sister Mary Ellen Edwards (22) with her husband John Edwards (22) and son John James Edwards (1).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=31]Remembered on the Knowsley Road School Memorial.[/url]

[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/GethingG_RFs.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial bearing the inscription for Private George Daniel Gething (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]