Name
George Archbold
1896
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/09/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Serjeant
377959
Manchester Regiment
2nd/10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RAMSCAPPELLE ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY
IX. C. 1.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
He has no family inscription on his Headstone.
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Letchmore Heath Memorial
Pre War
George Archbold was born in 1896, in Clapton/Hackney, London/Middlesex, son of Alfred and Harriett Archbold, the eldest of two sons.
1901 Census records George aged 5, living with his parents at, 11, Bailey Lane, Hackney, London/Middlesex. His mother’s occupation is recorded as an Omnibus Driver.
1911 Census records George aged 15, working as an Apprentice Tin Etcher, living with his widower father and brother Thomas (9), at 13, Norton Road, Leyton, London/Essex.
It is not known when George and the family moved to Letchmore Heath, Herts.
Wartime Service
George enlisted at Walthamstow, Essex, posted to the Essex Regiment with the service number 2568, later transferred to the Manchester Regiment with the new service number 377959.
George died on 15th September 1917, of wounds received in action, aged 21, he is buried in the Ramscappele Road, Military Cemetery in Belgium. Grave Ref; IX. C. 1.
Additional Information
His father Alfred received a dependents pension of 8/- a week, from 29th April 1918, the pension records show Alfred was living at, Usher Cottage, Back Lane, Letchmore Heath, Herts. He also received a War Gratuity of £16-10s-0d, and £11-13s-6d, George’s Pay Owing.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
Jonty Wild
