Basic Details
Surname
Secker
Forenames
George Spencer
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
4679
Notes
Address recorded as 55 Orchard Street on the Roll of Honour. It inaccurately recorded his date of death as 20/4/1915.

(CWGC records that Gunner George Spencer Secker, regimental number 4679, died aged 24 on 20/4/1916 serving in 24th East Anglian Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery, and is buried in grave 8.3.3674 at Broadway Cemetery in Peterborough. They record him as the son of George and Sophia Secker of 55 Orchard Street, Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that George died from pneumonia on 20/4/1916 at Thetford, and that his legatees were his mother Sophia and Miss Jane C Raymond. George's death aged 24 was registered in 1916 in the Thetford District of Norfolk).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Field Artillery
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Gunner
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Thetford
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
April
Day of death
20
Manner of death as stated
"Died of sickness (pneumonia) 10 April 1915 [sic] at Red Cross Hospital, Thetford".
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
55, ORCHARD STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial