Basic Details
Surname
Padley
Forenames
George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married, to Elizabeth, and they had 4 children. He had been a Regular who served in the Boer War and was one of the many men from the area to die on 3rd September unsuccessfully attacking the Schwaben Redoubt and, like them, is also commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Private
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Country of burial
France
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Age at death
43
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action