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Surname: ION
Forename(s): George
Place of Birth: Hawcoat, Lancashire
Service No: 45859
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 13th (Service) Battalion
Division: 21st Division
Age: 34
Date of Death: 1917-06-16
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 2 and 3.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: COWLING, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: ICKORNSHAW, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
George Ion was the son of Thomas and Esther Ion, née Morland. Thomas was born at Bampton and Esther at Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland.
1891 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: Hawes, Cowling Hill - George Ion, aged 5 years, born Barrow, Lancashire, son of Thomas and Esther Ion.
1901 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: 11, Park Lane Bottom - George Ion, aged 15 years, born Hawcoat, Lancashire, son of Thomas and Esther Ion.
1911 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: Mount Pleasant - George Ion, aged 25 years, born Hawcoat, Lancashire, son of Thomas Ion, widower.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte George Ion, 45859, Northumberland Fusiliers.
On the 10 August 1917, the 13th (Service) Bn Northumberland Fusiliers amalgamated with 12th (Service) Bn Northumberland Fusiliers to form the 12th/13th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers.
Photograph: ‘Bradford Weekly Telegraph’ (28 December 1917).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private George ION
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 21st Division
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14 December 1917
COWLING – MISSING SINCE JUNE
Private George Ion, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, son of Mr. Thos. Ion, Mount Pleasant, Cowling, has been missing since the 15th of June last, and has not been heard from since. A letter is now to hand from the Regiment’s chaplain, the Rev. James T. Tunstall, who states that his regiment made an attack on June 15th, when a number of its men were surrounded, who, along with a number of wounded, fell into the enemy’s hands. Pte. Ion was amongst the number, and is probably a prisoner in Germany, but could not say whether he was wounded or not. Pte. Ion joined the forces on the 4th August 1916, previous to which he was employed as a farm hand.
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14 December 1917
COWLING
PTE. G. ION MISSING
Pte. Geo. Ion, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, son of Mr Thos. Ion, of Mount Pleasant, Cowling, has bean missing since June 15th last, and has not been heard from since. A letter is now to hand from the chaplain to the regiment, Rev. J.T. Tunstall, who states that his regiment mode an attack on June 15th, and a number of men were surrounded and taken prisoners, also a number of wounded fell into the enemy’s hands. Pte. Ion was amongst the number surrounded, and it is most probable that he is a prisoner, but he could not say whether he was wounded or not. Pte. Ion joined up on Aug. 4th, 1916, previous to which he was employed as a farm hand.
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