Name
George Leonard Waldock
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/10/1918
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
103482
Notts & Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
STEVENAGE (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD
A.50
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Stevenage Old Town Memorial
St Nicholas' Church Memorial, Stevenage Old Town
Holy Trinity Church Memorial Roll of Honour, Stevenage Old Town
Pre War
George was born on the 5th February 1895, the eldest son of George & Alice Waldock who lived at 16 Southsea Road, Stevenage. He was one of 11 children and before joining the Army had been employed as an agricultural labourer by Ben Moules at Titmore Green Farm. At the time of his death, had two other brothers serving in the Army.
Wartime Service
George enlisted in the Army in 1915 and was seriously wounded for a third time by a gas shell on the 9th September 1918 whilst the Battalion was in Desart Wood in the French Sector. He was taken to a Hospital in Rouen and then transferred to a Military hospital in Edinburgh where he died from the effects of his wounds shortly after arrival. He is buried in the St. Nicholas Churchyard, Stevenage.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
