Service Number
26959
Rank
Private
Firstname
George William
Lastname
Oxtoby
Battalion
1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Notes

Enlisted 9 April 1916 Hay and Straw Transport Corps – Transferred East Yorkshire Regiment 02 August 1916 – Medal Index Card British War Medal and Victory Medal with 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Wounded casualty list 14 May 1917 Hull Daily Mail – East Yorkshire Regiment Posted wounded Snapper June 1917 – Photo and write up 2 Jun 1917 Hull Times – Effects to Mother and sole legatee Maria – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire – Commemorated Shiptonthorpe Village Hall Station Road Shiptonthorpe East Yorkshire

Age
20
Birthplace
Etton
Enlisted
Beverley
Residence
Market Weighton Yorkshire
How Died
Killed in Action
Memorial
Buried Cojeul British Cemetery grave B42 St. Martin’s Sur Cojeul France.
Next of Kin
Shiptonthorpe
Date Died
09 April 1917