Of 511, Chorley New Road, Horwich, Lancashire. Enlisted June 1915 as Private PS/7908, 19th Bn., Royal Fusiliers. Commissioned 25/09/1916 and assigned to the Royal Tank Corps July 1917. Reported missing 23/11/1917 and subsequently confirmed as prisoner of war. Repatriated 13/12/1918.
Williams, George Edward –
Personal details
- Surname: Williams
- Forename: George Edward
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Horwich, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: Not known
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: Not known
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Unit: The Tank Corps.
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) / The (Royal) Tank Corps
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- CWGC Memorial: Not known
- CWGC reference: Not known
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 18/01/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6e/f