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Name : George Arthur Wallis Horace John Wallis Sons of John Henry Wallis and Kate Louisa Wallis (née Griffin)(died 1906), of Wroxall, Isle of Wight. George Arthur - Born 1895, Wroxall, Isle of Wight. Horace John - Born 1898, Wroxall, Isle of Wight. John Wallis remarried, in 1908, Caroline Griffin. |
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Census information : 1901 : John and Kate Wallis, with their children including George aged 6 and Horace aged 2, are at Mountfield Road, Wroxall. John Wallis is a Stone Mason. 1911 : John and Caroline Wallis, with his children including George aged 16 and Horace aged 12, are at Killerney, Mountfield Road, Wroxall. John Wallis is a Builder; George Wallis is a Bricklayer. |
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Service Details : Rifleman 330300 George Arthur Wallis, 1/8th Bn., Hampshire Regiment, attached Royal Engineers. Rifleman 330874 Horace John Wallis, 1/8th Bn., Hampshire Regiment |
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Casualty Details : George Arthur Wallis Died 14 November 1918, aged 23. Buried at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. CWGC Record |
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Casualty Details : Horace John Wallis Died 12 May 1917, aged 19. Buried at Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. CWGC Record |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Wroxall War Memorial Wroxall Methodist Church War Memorial County War Memorial |
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Documents :
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS
Saturday, November 23, 1918 Page 6 THE ISLAND AND THE WAR ___ WROXALL Rfn. George Wallis, 1/8th Hants Regt., attached R.E., aged 23, second son of Mr. J. Wallis, of Wroxall, died from pneumonia in Palestine on November 14th. He joined up voluntarily in 1914, and went to Egypt in 1916. He was employed by Mr. Sims, builder, Ventnor, before the war. |
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Acknowledgments : Janet Griffin for newspaper research |
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Page last updated : 17th May 2017 (added Horace Wallis' details) |
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