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m. 1890
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1901 - Living in Aslacton with parents, aged 8. CWGC Roll of Honour: Name: WOMACK, GEORGE LEWIS; Initials: G L; Nationality: United Kingdom; Rank: Private; Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.); Unit Text: 9th Bn.; Age: 23; Date of Death: 21/08/1915; Service No: 12966; Additional information: Husband of Daisy Audrey Womack, of 1, Primrose Place, Unthank Rd., Norwich; Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead; Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 150 to 152; Cemetery: HELLES MEMORIAL. The Helles Memorial stands on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula. It takes the form of an obelisk over 30 metres high that can be seen by ships passing through the Dardanelles. The Helles Memorial serves the dual function of Commonwealth battle memorial for the whole Gallipoli campaign and place of commemoration for many of those Commonwealth servicemen who died there and have no known grave. The United Kingdom and Indian forces named on the memorial died in operations throughout the peninsula, the Australians at Helles. There are also panels for those who died or were buried at sea in Gallipoli waters. The memorial bears more than 21,000 names. |