Name
George Alfred Wooster
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/03/1918
31
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
A/203768
King's Royal Rifle Corps
18th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY, FREVENT
V. E. 2.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Roll of honour or book of remembrance Watford, Christ Church Memorial (External), Watford, Christ Church Memorial Street Shrine (Internal), Watford
Pre War
Son of
Charlotte Emma (nee FITZJOHN) WOOSTER of Edmonton, Middx, and the late William
WOOSTER; husband of Eleanor Isabelle (nee PERKINS) WOOSTER of Watford.
His parents
married 17 November 1873 at St Matthew’s, Marylebone, London. William died 1914 aged 61; Charlotte died
1936 aged 78; both in the Edmonton district.
George was born
1889 in Edmonton, and baptised 5 June 1889 at St Mary’s, Edmonton. He married 4 December 1909 at Christ Church,
Watford; they had one child. Eleanor
remarried 10 December 1921 at Christ Church, Watford, to Jack SAUNDERS; she
died 27 January 1983 in Watford aged 98, and was buried 3 February in North
Watford Cemetery.
On the 1891
Census, aged 2 he lived in Edmonton, with his parents and four siblings [name
recorded as WORCESTER]. On the 1901
Census, aged 13 he still lived in Edmonton, with his parents and two siblings. On the 1911 Census, a warehouseman aged 24,
he lived in Watford, with his wife and one child.
Officially recorded as born in Edmonton, Middx. and enlisted in Watford.
Wartime Service
Believed to appear as Woodster in the Borough Roll of Honour.
There is an article about and a Death announcement for George in the West Herts and Watford Observer dated 6 April 1918.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, George’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing. Believed to appears as Woodster on some memorials.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH online via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
