Private George Christopher Waldron
Number: 15213
Company: 74th (Dublin) Company, 16th Battalion, First Contingent
ENLISTMENT
Date: 15 February 1900
Place: Newbridge
Age: 23 years
Trade or calling: Engineer. Served five year apprenticeship in a Dublin engineering works.
Place of birth: In the Parish of Dublin, in or near the Town of Dublin, in the County of Dublin
Family: Single.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 5". Complexion dark, eyes grey, hair dark. Scar on left side of forehead, tattoo mark back of left wrist.
Religion: Other Protestant
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 14 April 1900
Date home: 9 July 1901
Service medal clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, 1901 clasps.
DISCHARGE
Date: 15 July 1901
Place: Dublin
Reason for discharge: The termination of his engagement
Intended place of residence: 18 Moyne Road, Rathmines, Dublin
Conduct: Very good
Special qualifications: Engineer
On 22 November 1905 Waldron married Frances Ethel Smith of Landport in the All Saints Church, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
He served in World War 1 in the Royal Navy as an engine room artificier and submariner and was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1918.
Waldron (centre)
Cornish Guardian, 26 December 1968
Images of Waldron sourced from Ancestry.com Public Member Trees - contributor Rob Waldron.
This page last updated 22 November 2024.