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Private George Franklin Shoughrow

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Private George Franklin Shoughrow

Birth
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
23 Jan 1918 (aged 27)
Buxton, High Peak Borough, Derbyshire, England
Burial
Buxton, High Peak Borough, Derbyshire, England Add to Map
Plot
3265.
Memorial ID
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1918 March Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Shoughrow, George F.---Age: 27
District: Chapel-le-F. (Volume & Page: 7b & 954)

Private Shoughrow died of a blood disorder in the Granville Canadian Special Hospital in Derbyshire [this hospital had originally opened in Ramsgate, Kent, but was relocated to Buxton, Derbyshire to avoid the enemy raids on the coast of Kent.]
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Private
Service Number: 1045962
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 241st Battalion

A teamster by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 16 April 1917 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He'd previously served with the 241st Battalion of the Windsor Canadian Kilties. He attested that his next-of-kin was his sister, Miss Anna Shoughrow of Nantucket Beach, Massachusetts, USA. On 29 April 1917 he embarked with his unit from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, sailing for England on the S. S. 'Olympic'. He served in Canada and in England.

Son of James Ambrose Shoughrow and Mary Ellen (née Dolan) Shoughrow of 150 East Ashland Street, Brockton. He received his education in the local public schools and was a member of the Brockton Roman Catholic Church.
He was an automobile machinist in the employ of the Ford Automobile Company and residing on Porter street in Detroit, Michigan, USA, prior to his entering the service.

Private George Franklin Shoughrow is commemorated on Page 500 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
1918 March Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Shoughrow, George F.---Age: 27
District: Chapel-le-F. (Volume & Page: 7b & 954)

Private Shoughrow died of a blood disorder in the Granville Canadian Special Hospital in Derbyshire [this hospital had originally opened in Ramsgate, Kent, but was relocated to Buxton, Derbyshire to avoid the enemy raids on the coast of Kent.]
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Private
Service Number: 1045962
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 241st Battalion

A teamster by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 16 April 1917 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He'd previously served with the 241st Battalion of the Windsor Canadian Kilties. He attested that his next-of-kin was his sister, Miss Anna Shoughrow of Nantucket Beach, Massachusetts, USA. On 29 April 1917 he embarked with his unit from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, sailing for England on the S. S. 'Olympic'. He served in Canada and in England.

Son of James Ambrose Shoughrow and Mary Ellen (née Dolan) Shoughrow of 150 East Ashland Street, Brockton. He received his education in the local public schools and was a member of the Brockton Roman Catholic Church.
He was an automobile machinist in the employ of the Ford Automobile Company and residing on Porter street in Detroit, Michigan, USA, prior to his entering the service.

Private George Franklin Shoughrow is commemorated on Page 500 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.


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