George Herbert Weaver

This name is listed on the memorial at St John's Church, Clapham Road, London SW9

George Herbert Weaver

Sapper, Royal Engineers, 54th Light Railway Operating Coy.

Service no. 229626

Killed in action on 17 November 1917, aged 31

CWGC: "Son of George and Elizabeth Weaver, of London; husband of Bessie Mary Weaver, of 91, Flaxman Rd., Camberwell, London."

Remembered at Talana Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Information from British Service Records

45 Manor Street, Clapham

Born 25 November 1885

Attested age 30, 11 December 1915, at Battersea - went into Army Reserve

Posted 11 September 1916; embarked as BEF 23 February 1917

Working as machine hand

Service no 568777

(Cyclist) Batt Norfolk Regt

Next of kin: Maria Elizabeth (deleted - "Bessie Mary" inserted (to indicate his wife, Bessie Mary Cumming); address given as 15A Bridport Terrace, Clapham, amended to 45 Manor Street

Married at Christ Church, Clapham, 22 April 1916

Son: Frederick George Weaver, born 6 March 1917 in Lambeth

Regiment now given as RE and service no 229626 - transferred on 24 January 1917

W5080

Widow and son now at 91 Flaxman Road.

"No father" - presumably deceased.

Mother living at 15a Howard Street, Wandsworth Road

2 sisters (one married, one single)

Discipline

28 April 1917: Neglect of duty

Whilst in charge of engine no 505 allowing ashpan to remain full of hot ashes thereby causing destruction of fire bars. Lost 3 days pay.

Health

Initially (28 July 1916) fit only for home service "In garrison or provisional units"

8 January 1917: Admitted to hospital (VAD 80, Norfolk, North Walsham), suffering from malaria; discharged 15 January

15 September 1917: Admitted to hospital (discharged - date illegible)

Effects

Pocket book

scissors

jug purse

letters

photos

2 keys

Pension

Separation allowance - 16 shillings

Allotment of pay 14 shillings

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 George Herbert Weaver, then aged 22, was working as a railway engine fireman and living with his 56-year-old widowed mother, whose name is given as Maria E Weaver, at 15a Howard Street, Wandsworth Road, Clapham. His two sisters, Minnie E Weaver, 22, and Gladys E Weaver, 15, who both worked as dressmakers, also lived at the address, as well as a schoolboy boarder, Thomas H Penny, 11. The family shared three rooms.