Name
George William Robert Nunn (*1)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
08/07/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
44089
Essex Regiment
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
I. L. 2.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, All Saints Church Memorial, Hertford
Pre War
Born in 1900 in Hertford son of George Wilson Nunn and Lois Nunn and living in 14 St John’s Street, Hertford in 1901 and 1911.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War database (SDITGW) records George as born, living and enlisting in Hertford.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford formerly 44440 Bedfordshire Regiment and was killed in action on the Somme.
Additional Information
*1 There are two men with similar names with Hertford connections Private 44089, George William Robert Nunn, 10th Bn. Essex Regiment and Private 291507, George Robert Nunn, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles - the latter served as G Roberts, so there is the potential for confusion. However, as the commemorations on the Hertford Town and All Saints Church memorials include the initial ‘W’ and ‘William’ respectively, we can be confident that they refer to the former soldier. There is also a family grave in All Saints with Saint John Churchyard and the inscription on the foot reads “George Robert Killed in Action 29th(prob) 1917” – the date being obscured by lichen - because of the date, lack of the initial ‘W’ we believe this refers to the latter Private 291507 and is probably the grave of his parents George and Emma Nunn - we do not currently have confirmation of this.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
