Name
George Edward King
1885
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/01/1917
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
5721
London Regiment (City of London Rifles) *1
6th Bn. *1
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
II. C. 7.
France
Headstone Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND SLEEP ON DEAR ONE THY TROUBLES ARE O'ER
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Baldock memorials
Pre War
George Edward King (known as Edward) was born in 1885 in Kensington, London, the son of John and Hannah King. He was one of ten children but one died in infancy.
On the 1891 Census the family were living at 17 Burlington Mews, Paddington, London where his father was working as a builder's labourer. By 1901 they had moved to 3 Elcom Street, Paddington, where his father was working as a general labourer. At the time of the 1911 Census, Edward had returned to Burlington Mews West, Paddington and was living with his parents and sisters Ida and Winifred at No. 7. He was then working as a carman for a coal merchant.
He married Gertrude Maud Perfitt on 28 September 1914 at St Luke's Church, Tavistock Road, Westbourne Park, Paddington, London, at which time he was working as a carman and living at 7 Burlington West Mews. They had a daughter Lilian Hannah, born 27 June 1915, who was baptised on 22 August 1915 at St Luke's Church, Paddington. They were then living at 114 Wormington Road and George was working as a labourer.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in London and joined the London Regiment as a Rifleman, serving with the 6th (City of London (Battalion). His service number of 5721 suggest that he enlisted in late May 1916.
George Edward King died on 18 January 1917, aged 34, from nephritis and uraemia, (kidney disease), commencing in active service. He is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.
Additional Information
His widow, Gertrude, received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £2 16s 2d. She also received a pension of 18s 9d a week for herself and her daughter. Her address on pension records was 26a, Chequers Yard, Baldock, Herts
N.B. Information on the 1911 Census that suggests he was one of seven children but previous censuses show George Edward had other brothers and sisters, leading to the assumption that he was one of ten children.
*1 Probably more correctly (City of London) Bn. London Regiment (Rifles).
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
