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Rank & Name
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Private George Dobson Acomb
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Unit
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No. 47089, 25th (Tyneside Irish) Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers
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How & When Died
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Died of Wounds, 23 April 1917
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Age, if known
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33 years
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Next of Kin details
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Son of Dennison and Hannah Acomb, of Barwick in Elmet; Husband of C. Acomb, of Main Street Aberford.
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Commemoration Details
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Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XIX, Row G, Grave 12. |
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Photographs
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A Short Biography of George Dobson Acomb
George Acomb was the second
son of the Acomb family to die during the Great War. His brother Hubert had been killed in action the previous year on the
Somme. They were the first and third sons of Dennison Acomb and his wife, Hannah (nee Dobson) who also had a son called Arthur,
a daughter, Violette and a fourth son, Robert Clarence.
Dennison Acomb was an Agricultural
Labourer, and in the late 19th Century, this meant that the family would very likely live in accommodation tied
to the farm on which the head of the household worked. In 1883, Dennison Acomb married Hannah Dobson in Malton. The following
year, their eldest child, George, was born in Pocklington, and second son Arthur born in Full Sutton which illustrates a quite
unsettled period in the lives of the members of the family, however Violette, Hubert, and Robert were all born in Topcliffe,
where it appears the family settled prior to moving to Barwick in Elmet.
All of the Acomb sons served
in the Army during the Great War. George was with the Northumberland Fusiliers; Arthur saw service with the West Yorkshire
Regiment, the Leicestershire Regiment and the Royal Engineers; Hubert was killed with the Lancashire Fusiliers and Robert
served with the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the Royal Army Service Corps, but he had indicated a preference
for the Royal Field Artillery on his Attestation Papers.
In 1910 George Acomb married
Caroline Banks, and they lived on Main Street in Aberford. They did not have
any children.
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