George Cole Wakely

1875 - 1916  (41 years)

• Name	George Cole Wakely  [1]
  Birth	15 Jul 1875	Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	5 Sep 1875	Loders, Dorset, England   [4, 5]
  Residence	5 Sep 1875	Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England   [2, 4]
  Census	3 Apr 1881	Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England   [2, 3]
  	Age: 5y
  	Address: Norway Lane
  Census	5 Apr 1891	Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England   [1, 2]
  	Age: 15y
  Occupation	5 Apr 1891	Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England   [1, 2]
  	Masons Labourer
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England   [2, 6]
  	Age: 25y
  	Address: Norway Lane
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901	Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England   [2, 6, 7]
  	Stonemason
  	An interview with Frank Swaffield yielded the following about George's employer, "John Canterbury was the son of Charles Canterbury. He used to carry on a small business as a builder he used to employ two masons regular - George Wakely and Jim Staple. He was a good mason himself - he could turn his hand to anything: carpentering or play accordion or concertina or a flute or clarinette. He was a very strong man in his younger days. He built the church room and the cottage on the end of it, also Mr Hawkes’ House on the Mount and Mr Smith’s new cowstall and his big loft."
  Census	2 Apr 1911	Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England   [2, 8]
  	Age: 35y
  Ancestor Count	14
  Name	George Davey  [3]
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911	Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England   [2, 8]
  	Farm Labourer
  Occupation	Between 1914 and 1916  [9, 10]
  	Soldier
  	According to the Soliders died in the Great War, George was initially in the Somerset Light Infantry before being transfered to the London Regiment in the Rangers battalion. He was awarded the Victory medal and the British Victory medal. As he was not awarded the 1914-15 Star it's likely he signed up at the start of the war and was not in the territorials prior to the outbreak of war.
  Death	7 Oct 1916	Picardie, France   [10, 11, 12]
  	Cause: Killed in Action
  	Address: Battle of the Somme
  	The Rangers were part of the 56th London Brigade and were involved in the Battle of Le Transloy, on the 7th the advance, which has stalled a week earlier was resumed and the 56th Division attacked Hazy, Dewdrop and Spectrum Trenches in the afternoon but was forced back by nightfall and the Germans reoccupied Rainy Trench which had been left empty.
  Person ID	I4361	Taubman Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	James Wakely,   b. Est Jun 1839, Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England d. Between Jul 1911 and Sep 1911, Beaminster District, Beaminster, Dorset, England (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Cole Crabb,   b. 10 Apr 1836, Bradpole, Dorset, England d. Between Jan 1912 and Mar 1912, Beaminster District, Beaminster, Dorset, England (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	16 May 1875	Loders, Dorset, England   [5, 13]
  	Witness: Robert Crabb Witness: Sarah S????
  Family ID	F1425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 15 Jul 1875 - Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England Baptism - 5 Sep 1875 - Loders, Dorset, England Residence - 5 Sep 1875 - Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England Census - Age: 5y,Address: Norway Lane - 3 Apr 1881 - Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England Census - Age: 15y - 5 Apr 1891 - Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England Occupation - Masons Labourer - 5 Apr 1891 - Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England Census - Age: 25y,Address: Norway Lane - 31 Mar 1901 - Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England Occupation - Stonemason - 31 Mar 1901 - Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England Census - Age: 35y - 2 Apr 1911 - Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England Occupation - Farm Labourer - 2 Apr 1911 - Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England Death - Cause: Killed in Action,Address: Battle of the Somme - 7 Oct 1916 - Picardie, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S471] Census 1891 Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England RG12 Piece: 1661; Folio: 101; Page: 10, (RG12 Piece: 1661; Folio: 101; Page: 10). [S1057] . [S469] Census 1881 Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England RG11 Piece: 2120; Folio: 111; Page: 1;, (RG11 Piece: 2120; Folio: 111; Page: 1;). [S474] Baptism Loders, Dorset, England 5 SEP 1875 George Cole Wakely, (Page 11 No 76). [S841] . [S472] Census 1901 Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England RG13; Piece: 2010; Folio: 102; Page: 10, (RG13; Piece: 2010; Folio: 102; Page: 10). [S501] Stoke Abbot in the late victorian period. [S476] Census 1911 Stoke Abbot, Dorset, England RG14; Piece: 12466; Schedule Number: 43, (RG14; Piece: 12466; Schedule Number: 43). [S475] British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 George Wakely. [S473] Military-Genealogy.com, comp. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 : George Wakely. [S1126] . [S289] Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Le_Transloy, 289. [S467] Marriage Loders, Dorset, England 16 MAY 1875 James Wakely & Elizabeth Cole Crabb, (Page 127 No 254).