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Surname: DALGOUTTE
Forename(s): George Cork
Place of Birth: Pudsey, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: T/2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own)
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 14th (Light) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-05-03
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 9.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
George Cork Dalgoutte (born 11 March 1891) was the son of Charles Frederick and Martha Olivia Dalgoutte, née Cork. Charles was born at Plymouth, Devon and Martha at Skipton, Yorkshire. They were married in 1887. George was related, through his mother, to L/Corporal John Cork (18243) (q.v.) and Private Thomas Cork (357331) (q.v.).
1891 Pudsey, Yorkshire Census: 76, Greenside - George C. Dalgoutte, aged 1 month, born Pudsey, son of Chas F. and Martha O. Dalgoutte.
1901 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 12, Hardwick Street - George Cork Dalgoutte, aged 10 years, born Pudsey, Yorkshire, grandson of Charles Dalgoutte, widower.
George’s mother died in 1906. His father married again in 1910 to Mary Hannah Lawson, née Windle and in 1930 to Sarah Ann Armitage, née Barker.
1911 Mapplewell, Barnsley Yorkshire Census: 2, Allendale Terrace - George Cork Dalgoutte, aged 20 years, born Pudsey, Yorkshire. Teacher. [George was boarding with Elizabeth Steeples.]
George was married to Florrie Durkin in 1917. Florrie married Arthur P. Nicholson in 1919.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Geo. Cook [sic] Dalgoutte, 4240, 1/H.A.C.; 2/Lt Rif. Bde. Died 3.5.17. Correspondence: (Widow) Mrs. G.C. Dalgoutte, 2, Abbotts Road, Privey Road, NW 6.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte G.C. Dalgoutte, 4240, 1/H.A.C. Theatres of war in which served: 1a [France and Belgium]: 8.1.16 to 28.12.16. Comm. 8/Rifle Bde. 28.12.16.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: 2/Lt G.C. Dalgoutté, 8 Rifle Bde. Date and Place of Death: 3.5.17. In Action. To whom issued/Amount: Administratrix - Mrs. Florrie Dalgoutté. £51 17s. 9d.
George is commemorated on the war memorials of: Farsley; Heysham; Mapplewell and Staincross; Pudsey and District Secondary School (now Pudsey Grangefield School) and the Roll of Honour of Bede College, Durham.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 14th (Light) Division
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Entry for the marriage of George Cork Dalgoutté to Florrie Durkin, 27 January 1917
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Heysham War Memorial
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25 May 1917
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Second-Lieutenant George Cork Dalgoute, Rifle Brigade, a son of ex-P.C. Dalgoutte, at one time stationed in Skipton, and now living at Morecambe, is reported as having been killed in action on May 3rd. He formerly lived in Keighley, and was an old boy of the Trade and Grammar School. His home was at No. 18, Leeds Terrace, Leeds. He enlisted in August 1915, and obtained his commission about six months ago. He was only married on March [sic] 24th [sic] in Leeds.
04 July 1919
PEACE SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'CRAVEN HERALD' – CRAVEN'S FALLEN OFFICERS
SECOND-LIEUTENANT G. K. DALGOUTTE
Rifle Brigade, son of ex-P.C. Dalgoutte, formerly of Skipton. Killed in action May 3rd, 1917.
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