Biography of Private George Henry Wallace (23264)
1st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps Regiment
Formerly 13413 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment,
523 Grimsby Chums Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
and Notts & Derby (Sherwood Foresters)
Died 28th September 1918

Believed to be G H Wallace Baston Memorial

Soldier

  • Name: George Henry Wallis
  • Date of birth: 21st December 1891
  • Place of Birth: 9 Coburg Square, Walker Street, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, England
  • Date of Birth Registration: 1892 January – March 1892
  • Place of Birth Registration: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Father

  • Name: Unknown
  • DOB: Unknown
  • Place of Birth: Unknown
  • Occupation: Unknown

Mother

  • Name: Ann Wallace
  • DOB: 1869
  • Place Of Birth: Leenside, Nottinghamshire
  • Marriage: Never married

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

  • Sarah Wallace, 1883, Nottinghamshire
  • Elizabeth Wallace, 1885, Nottinghamshire
  • George Henry Wallace, 1891, Sneinton
  • Ambrose Wallace, 1897, Radford (Father Ambrose George Bowler)
  • Sarah Amelia Wallace, 1901, Radford (Father Ambrose George Bowler)
  • Lucy Bowler Wallace, 1908, Basford (Father Ambrose George Bowler)

Census

  • 1901: George Henry Wallace/Wallis can not be found.
  • 1911: George is living with the 2nd Sherwood Foresters at Crownhill Barracks, Crownhil, Devon. The census gives him an age of 19 and he is listed as a Private.
Relatives in services

  • None found

Wife

  • Name: Ada Elizabeth Jones
  • Date of birth: 13th April 1894
  • Place of Birth: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Marriage

  • Date of Marriage: 1915
  • Place of Marriage: Notttingham District

Wife’s parents

  • Father: George Edmund Jones
  • Mother: Annie Elliott

Newspaper Mentions:

  • Sheffield Daily Telegraph Tuesday 13th July 1915
    WOUNDED
    1st LINCOLNS
    Wallace (13412), G

 

  • The Times Tuesday July 13th 1915
    WOUNDED
    LINCOLNS REGT 1st BN
    Wallace, 13413 G.

 

  • Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer Tuesday 13th July 1915
    LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT
    WOUNDED
    Wallace, 13413 G.

 

  • Grantham Journal Saturday 17th July 1915
    LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT
    CASUALTIES WOUNDED
    Wallace 13413 G.

 

  • Sheffield daily Telegraph Friday 25th August 1916
    WOUNDED
    LINCOLNS (ATTD. MACHINE GUN CORPS).
    Wallace, (13413). G. H. (Old Basford)

 

  • Grimsby News Friday 1st September 1916
    WOUNDED
    Lincolnshire Regiment (attached Machine Gun Corps) Wallace, 13413 G. H. (Old Basford)

 

  • The Times Friday September 29th 1916
    WOUNDED
    LINCOLN R. 
    Wallace, 13413 G.

 

  • Weekly Casualty (War Office & Air Ministry) Tuesday 19th November 1918
    KILLED
    MACHINE GUN CORPS
    Wallace 23264 G. H. (Bradford)

Military Records

Attestation Papers

  • Available

Soldier’s Died In The Great War

  • These records show that Private George Henry Wallace, 23264, Infantry Bn Machine Gun Corps was killed in action on 28th September 1918 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.

Pension Records

  • None found

Effects Left To

  • Widow Ada E

Medals

  • The British Medal
  • The Victory Medal
  • The 15 Star

Memorials

  • UK:
  • Baston, Roll of Honour in St John the Baptist Church

 

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
  • In memory of Private G N Wallace, 23464, 1st Bn., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Regiment who died on 28 September 1918
  • Husband of Mrs. A. E. Mcloughlin (formerly Wallace), 1, Monsall St. New Basford, Nottinham.
  • Remembered with honour, Bellicourt British Cemetery
  • Grave IV. A. 8

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

Military Service Timeline

  • This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed

Sources

  • WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
  • British Newspaper Archive.
  • Fold 3
  • Find My Past
  • Genealogist
  • Forces War Records
  • British Army Service Numbers
  • War Gratuity Calculator
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
  • General Registry Office