10029 Private George Yates of the 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment was killed in action on the 22nd October 1914, one of 425 men to die on this date.
George's army number indicates that he joined uthe Worcestershire Regiment around July or August 1906 and he was probably therefore on the Reserve when war was declared. His medal index card indciates that he arrived overseas on 30th August 1914.
George was born in Stourbridge and living in Tipton when he enlisted at Worcester. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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