George Curtis

A Private with 47 Remounts Squadron, George died on 9th of October 1918 at the age of 32. 

George was born at Kirkley on 17 September 1884, a son of Samuel William and Laura Esther Curtis. He was baptised at Saint Peter's Church, Kirkley, on 4 December 1884 and his family lived at 6 Clare Terrace. By 1891 his father had died and his family lived at 6 Ontario Road. This was still their address in 1901 when George worked as a butcher's assistant. 

On 4 May 1908 George married Matilda May Hall at Saint Peter's Church, Kirkley. George was a butcher and they both lived at Kirkley. By 1911 they were living at 128 Beaconsfield Road, and George was a butcher. Later Matilda lived at 91 Seago Street.

George enlisted in the Army at Lowestoft. He joined the Army Service Corps and served with the 47th Remounts Squadron, part of the Army Remount Service, in Egypt. 

George died of appendicitis at 31 General Hospital, Cairo.