George Herbert Ancliff
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George Herbert was the son of Henry and Louisa Ancliff (nee Elsam). George was born in Dinnington, near Rotherham, in 1897 and baptised at Dinnington parish church on 1 February 1897. He was one of nine children, eight of whom survived infancy and childhood: Walter S, Olive, Amelia, George Herbert, Arthur William, Frank Leonard, Tilly Adelaide, John Henry and James Elsam. The family was living in Finningley near Doncaster in 1901 but had moved to 35 The Baulk, Worksop, by 1911 when Henry was working as a coal miner. Only seven of the children were in the home on the night of the census: Olive, Amelia (15), George Herbert a pit pony driver underground, Arthur William (12), Frank Leonard, (9), Tilly Adelaide (7), John Henry (3) and James Elsam (1).
He joined the 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) and served in the Western European theatre iof Flanders, France. George Herbert was killed on 1 July 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France (Panel 87 to 89). He qualified for the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Registers of Soldiers' Effects: his father Henry was his legatee. Research by Colin Dannatt
