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Dvr. George Halliday
British Army 4th Div Train, HQ Coy. Army Service Corps
from:Jarrow
(d.18th Jan 1917)
George Halliday who died aged 34 was born and lived in Jarrow and also enlisted there.
He was the son of Thomas Halliday and the late Rachel Halliday (nee Dobson) of Jarrow.
His younger brothers David and Rees Halliday were also of the fallen. George Halliday age 27 Soldier Army Pensioner is with his widowed father Thomas Halliday and brothers David and Rees Halliday at 65 Franklin Street, Jarrow on the 1911 census.
His brother William Halliday (who claimed his medals) age 26, Shipwright at Government Dockyard is with his wife and daughter at 14 Church Path, Gosport on the 1911 census.
George is buried in Barly French Military Cemetery.