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Pte. George Carling
British Army 25th (Tyneside Irish) Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.1st July 1916)
George Carling was aged 32 when he died on 1st July 1916 whilst serving with the 25th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers.
Born and living in Jarrow, he enlisted in Sunderland.
Son of Thomas and Margaret Carling of Jarrow, he was the husband of Ellen Mallen (formerly Carling nee McNally) of 81 Commercial Road Jarrow. On the 1911 census he is recorded as
George Carling widower age 27 General Labourer in Shipyard is with his parents Thomas and Margaret Carling and family at 9 Burns Street, Jarrow.
His first wife Hannah Carling (nee Woodhouse) died in 1904.
His younger brother Thomas Carling was also one of the fallen.
George is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.