HASTINGS G.

George Hastings

Private 12461

"C" Coy. 7th Bn., Leicestershire Regiment


Notts Free Press, 18th August 1916

George Hastings died on Friday 14th July 1916, Age 22, and is commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

He was born c1896 in Kingston-upon-Hull, the son of George Hastings and Sarah (formerly Willey). His father was a native of Hull, and a Master Mariner at that port, but his mother was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, and the couple married at St Mary's Church, Sutton, in July 1890. In 1901 the family were living at 77 Redbourne Street, Kingston-upon-Hull.

 


Notts Free Press, 18th August 1916

 

 

hastings_stone.JPG (56788 bytes) Hastings
In loving memory of
Sarah
the beloved wife of
George Hastings
 (Master Mariner)
who died Nov 21st 1913
aged 46 years.
We have sailed on together
hand in hand and heart in heart
both in fair and stormy weather
and twas very hard to part.
And of their eldest son, Private
George Hastings of the
Machine Gun Sections
Leicester Regiment
who was killed in action
on the 14th of July 1916
near Memitz Wood France
aged 22 years

(Family Gravestone in St Mary's Churchyard)

 

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Leicestershire Regiment'

HASTINGS George, born Hull, Yorks, enlisted Mansfield, Notts (resides Plymouth, Devon). 7th Bn., Leicestershire Regt, Private 12461, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 14th July 1916.

 

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Researched by Heather Faulkes