Basic Details
Surname
Lane
Forenames
George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
George William
Served or died
Died
Service number
64211
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Werrington.

(CWGC records that Private George William Lane, regimental number G/64211, died aged 22 on 26/10/1917 serving in 2nd Battalion The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, and is commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium.. They record him as the husband of Mabel May Whittaker (formerly Lane) of Collyweston, Stamford, Northamptonshire. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that George William Lane was a native of Crowland who was living in Werrington when he enlisted in Peterborough, and that he had formerly served in the Royal Sussex Regiment (Cyclists) under regimental number 202410 before joining the Royal West Surreys. On the 1901 census he had been living with his parents, Charles and Jemima Lane, in Borough Fen, Northamptonshire. He married Mabel May Sharman in Peterborough in 1915).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Queen`s Royal West Surreys
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Guillevelt, near Ypres
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
26
Manner of death as stated
"Reported missing 26 October 1917, believed killed in action on that date at Guillevelt, East of Ypr
Manner of death reference
Missing
Personal Details
Address
Werrington
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial