Individual Details

Birth

On Canadian Attestation papers gives date of birth as: 29 May 1889.

Baptism

Extract from parish register: Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Chalgrove in the county of Oxford in the year 1890.

No: 694
Date: 23 June 1890 - Privately - Received 31 August.
Name: George William
Parents: Mary Ann
Surname: Hurst
Address: Chalgrove
Occupation: -
By: G Blamire-Brown, Vicar

Census

Age: 10 months - listed as Grandson in the household of Richard Hurst. (See Rec #225)

Census

Listed as a grandson in the household of Richard Hurst (See Rec #225)

Census

Listed as a nephew in the household of Stephen & Sarah Spicer

Travel aboard

Extract from Passenger list:

Name of ship: Virginian - Steamship line: Allan Line - Date of departure: 14 March 1913 - Whence bound: Halifax, St John, N.B. - Port of departure: Liverpool

Ticket No: 65805
Name: George Hurst
Class: 3rd
Port of landing: Halifax St John, N.B.
Occupation: Labourer
Age: 23
Country of last permanent residence: England
Country of intended permanent residence: Canada

Military

Extract from Attestation Paper - dated: 30 December 1915:

No: 781 647
Name: George Hurst
Address: Glenside
Place of birth: Chalgrove, Oxford, England
Next of kin: Mary Thompson - Address: Iffley, Oxford, England - Relationship: Mother
Date of birth: 29 May 1889
Occupation: Farmer
Married: No

From Canadian Army Service Record:
Description - Age: 26 Years 7 months - Height: 5ft 10½ins - Chest: 38 ins - Expansion: 4 ins - Complexion: Fair - Eyes: Brown - Hair: Brown - Religion: Church of England

Unit: 128th Battalion C.E.F. - Unit sailed: 15 August 1916 - Shown as a Bandsman

Killed in Action 26 October 1917. In the field France or Belguim

Medals etc.

Med & D - Mother - Mrs Mary Thompson, Tree Lane, Effley (sic), Nr Oxford, England
P&S - Mother
Mem Cross - Mother

Not Elig. for Star; V.M.; B.W.M.

Scroll date: 13 May 1921

Death

From Ron & Diana Cosford:

Oxford Times - 01/12/1917

Pte. George Hurst, son of Mrs. Thompson of Iffley, and a native of Chalgrove, was killed in France on October 26. He was very much liked and respected by all who knew him. He went to Canada, where he was a member of a Canadian Band. He was a member of the Chalgrove Band before he left the country. Ten men from Chalgrove have been killed and one is a prisoner of war. Five of these were members of the Chalgrove band, conducted by Bandmaster A. W. Higgs.