Name
George Herbert Waldock
1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/10/1914
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
12046
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
1st (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star (with Clasp & Roses), British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES
III. C. 9.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Hinxworth Village Memorial, Not on the Ashwell Memorial
Pre War
George Herbert Waldock was born in Ashwell, Hertfordshire in 1890, the son of Charles and Bertha Waldock and one of five children, He was baptised at Ashwell on 2 March 1890.
On the 1891 Census the family were living at Back Street, Ashwell, where his father was working as an agricultural labourer. In 1901 they had moved to Hornsey Road, Islington, Middlesex and his father was then a general labourer.
By 1911 George had joined the army and was listed at Corunna Barracks, Stanhope Lines, Aldershot as a Lance Corporal, aged 25 (he may have given an incorrect age on enlistment). His parents and two sisters were then living at 7 Drayton Road, Tottenham.
On pension records his mother gave her address as Chapel Street, Hinxworth, Baldock, Herts
Wartime Service
George was already a serving soldier at the outbreak of war, having enlisted in Tottenham, and was serving with the 1st (City of London) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers as a Lance Corporal.
The Battalion was in Kinsale, Ireland, training in Moore Park, and were ordered to return to England. They left from Cork on the Empress of Ireland and sailed to Holyhead where they boarded a train which took them to Cambridge. They then proceeded to St Nazaire, France (some records date their arrival as 7 September 1914, others as 10 September 1914).
He was killed in action on 25 October 1914 at Fleur Baix, and is buried in Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, France.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £5 and pay owing of £6 17s 7d. She also received a pension of 10 shillings a week.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild, www.wartimememoriesproject.com.
