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George Henry Wall
1881 - 1952

 

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BORN: 3rd November, 1881 in Nottingham, England.
DIED: 15th February, 1952 in Oxford, England.
MARRIED: Alice' van Puyvelde on 24th May, 1923 at registry office in Cardiff, County of Glamorgan, Wales.
CHILDREN: One boy living(one of twins), Yvonne-Marie Winifred.
PARENTS NAMES: FATHER - Stephen Wall MOTHER - Maria Young.
OCCUPATION: Master plasterer, steel factory worker
SIBLINGS: Winifred, Annie, Robert (Bert), Edith, Edward, Gertrude, Ernest J., Frederick John, Albert S.
RELATIONSHIP TO ME: My maternal grandfather.

NOTES: George was the second eldest of ten children. Even though George was brought up in Cardiff, Wales he was one of four children born in Nottinghamshire, England.


George and Alice had three children, a son (one of twins, one died) and a daughter, my mother Yvonne-Marie Winifred.

CERTIFICATE OF PLASTERERS: George was duly admitted a member of the Cardiff Branch of the National Association of Operative Plasterers on 20th July 1901. Card was presented to him on 21st July 1951.
He attended the City and Guilds of London Institute, Department of Technology, and received a Grade 1 medal. He was a master plasterer by trade and known to have an artistic skill in repairing statues and carvings around and about Oxfordshire, where they lived. He also worked as a pressed steel factory worker, near Oxford.

George suffered all of his life with asthma, and then emphysema which was his downfall. He died at his home 60 Wharton Road, Headington at the age of 71.
Residence at time of birth 1881 1a Bloomfield St, Nottingham .
Residence at time of marriage 1923 46 Alexandra Rd, Cardiff .

WAR RECORD DETAILS: Corps - Monmouth, Rank - Pte, Regd No. - 268062 Medal - Victory J/1/105B5, page 1545

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