Name
George C Roberts
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
39968
Royal Army Medical Corps
75th Field Ambulance
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
George Roberts was born in August 1881 at Clophill, Bedfordshire. He was one of eleven children (seven sons and four daughters) born to Alfred and Kezia Roberts. At the time of the 1891 Census the family lived at Redbourn Bury, where Alfred worked as a Farm Labourer. By the time of the 1901 Census George had left the family home.
On 23rd February 1909 he married Jane Deakin at Leavesden, and on 29th September 1909 a daughter was born. In the 1911 Census the family was shown living at Asylum Road, Abbots Langley and George was employed by the Metropolitan Asylum Board at the Leavesden Asylum.
George’s Pension Record noted that he attested at Watford on 29th September 1914 with the 75th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. At the time the family lived at 6 Marlin Square, Abbots Langley, and George still worked as an Asylum Attendant.
He was recorded for the first time in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour in October 1914, incorrectly listed as C.J Roberts.
However, after 25 days, on 23rd October 1914, George was Discharged as being “not likely to become an effective soldier” under Paragraph 392/111(c) of Kings Regulations. The previous day he had undergone a medical which confirmed that an old injury, a ruptured leg muscle meant that he was unable to march, and it was recommended that George be discharged.
George Roberts survived the War.
Additional Information
Discharged
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
