Main CPGW Record
Surname: SISSONS
Forename(s): George Reginald
Place of Birth: Little Preston, Yorkshire
Service No: 236003
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 9th (Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry) Battalion
Division: 11th (Northern) Division
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1918-06-27
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 39 and 40.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
George Reginald Sissons was the son of William Thomas and Emma Sissons, née Smith and brother of Lieutenant Roland Edward Sissons (q.v.). Their father was born at Kippax and mother at Kildwick, Yorkshire.
1901 Garforth, Yorkshire Census: Lidget Road - George R. Sissons, aged 7 years, born Kippax, Yorkshire, son of Emma Sissons, widow.
1911 East Retford, Nottinghamshire Census: King Edward VI Grammar School - George Reginald Sissons, aged 17 years, born Little Preston, Yorkshire.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte George R. Sissons, 2639, 330407, Yorkshire Hussars; 236003, West Yorkshire Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 17 April 1915.
On the 13 November 1917 the 9th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) absorbed the 1/1st Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry and became the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
George is commemorated on the Swillington War Memorial.
Photograph from the 'Retfordian' magazine (King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford, Nottinghamshire).
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
---
Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
---
Click the thumbnail below to view a larger image.
L/Corporal George Reginald SISSONS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
View Additional Image(s)
Additional Photo(s) For Soldier Records
Little Preston Hall, Woodlesford, Yorkshire
Little Preston Hall, Woodlesford, Yorkshire, the house where George Reginald and Roland Edward Sissons lived in their early years
Courtesy of Robert Smith, Keighley
Waterloo Manor, Garforth, Yorkshire
Waterloo Manor, Garforth, Yorkshire, the home of Emma, the mother of George Reginald and Roland Edward Sissons
Courtesy of Robert Smith, Keighley
Swillington War Memorial, Yorkshire
Courtesy of Robert Smith, Keighley
View Craven Herald Articles
View Craven Herald Articles
25 July 1919
DEATHS
SISSONS – July 23rd, 1919, officially presumed killed near Hulloch on June 27th, 1918, after being ‘missing’ from that date, aged 25, George Reginald Sissons, Lance-Corpl. Yorks. Hussars Yeomanry, attached 9th West Yorks. Regiment, third son of the late Wm. T. Sissons, Little Preston Hall, Yorks., and of Mrs. Sissons, Waterloo Manor, Garforth, Leeds.
---
Comment on this Soldier Record
You can leave comments on this soldier record. Please note all comments will be manually approved before they appear on the website.
No comments yet.