Name
George William Tapsell (*1)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/06/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sapper
490378
Royal Engineers
473rd Field Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SHEFFIELD (BURNGREAVE) CEMETERY
Screen Wall. F9. "C." 4.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Royston memorials
Pre War
Recorded as born in Ramsgate, Kent and enlisted in Finchley, Middx. while living in Royston, Herts.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War (SDITGW) database records that he was born in Ramsgate, Kent and was living in Royston, Herts., when he enlisted in Finchley, Middlesex.
Wartime Service
Died, which usually means he died of illness or accident.
Additional Information
*1 recorded as Taprell in SDITGW.