George Harold Sealey Hood

A Private with the 15th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Battalion, George died on 4th of September 1918 aged 21. 

George was born at Lowestoft in 1897, a son of George and Matilda Hood. He was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 21 July 1897 and his family lived at 167 Saint Margaret’s Road. By 1911 they lived at 3 Payne Street. 

George volunteered and enlisted in the Army at Lowestoft. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, service number 65151, and arrived in France on 7 September 1915. By September 1916 he was serving with 68 Field Ambulance in Salonika. George contracted malaria and was admitted to 28 General Hospital on 27 September 1916. On 5 October 1916 he was transferred to 2 Convalescence Depot.  Subsequently he was transferred to the Hampshire Regiment, service number 43758, and posted to the 15th Battalion in France.  

On 4 September 1918 the 15th Battalion made at attack near Vierstraat. There was little artillery support and the battalion suffered heavy casualties. George was killed during the attack. The battalion’s casualties on that day were 16 officers and 307 men.