Basic Details
Surname
Money
Forenames
George William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
17695
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 72 Cowgate.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal George William Money, regimental number 17695, died aged 24 on 1/12/1918 serving in 5th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave 2.3.640 at Broadway Cemetery in Peterborough. They record him as the son of William and Mary Money. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died from pneumonia on 1/12/1918 at the Auxiliary Hospital in Scotland, and that his sister Mabel was his legatee. George's birth was registered in Holbeach District in 1894. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents at Moll's Drove in Friday Bridge, Elm, Cambridgeshire. His mother died in 1902; his father died in 1903. On the 1911 census George was living with his aunt Rebecca Murfitt and her husband Charles at 8 Sweet Briar's Walk in Peterborough. When George's death was announced on 14/12/1918 in the Peterborough Advertiser he was reported as being the adopted son of Mr & Mrs C Murfitt of Cowgate, Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
5th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Scotland
Town of death
Ayr
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Peterborough
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
December
Day of death
1
Manner of death as stated
"Died of pneumonia 1 December 1918 at Carrick House Hospital, Ayr"
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
72, COWGATE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial