Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Royal Fusiliers
Date of death
6 April 1919
Age of death
20
Address
37 Forest Road
Forest Gate
NWM
E7 0DL
Address source
1911 Census
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
United Kingdom
Biography
George Leo Walter Bartholomew was born in 1899. He was one of seven children born to George Bartholomew and Isabella Barnes. George Sr. was a Woollen Manufacturer Agent. In 1911, the family were living at 37 Forest Road, Forest Gate, George was the oldest son and second child in the family.
George became a Second Lieutenant with the Royal Fusiliers. He survived the war but fell victim to the influenza pandemic on 6th April 1919. He was laid to rest in the City of London Cemetery, Manor Park. At the time of his death, George’s parents were living at 44 Claremont Road, Forest Gate.
Research by Redbridge Museum and Patrick O’Mara
Sources:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry.com