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Rank & Name
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Corporal George Albert Joynes MM
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Unit
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No. 11113, 19th Company, Labour Corps.
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How & When Died
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Died, 27 October 1917
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Age, if known
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23 years
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Next of Kin details
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Son of George Henry and Annie Elizabeth Joynes (nee Mosby), of Aberford Lane, Barwick in Elmet, Leeds.
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Commemoration Details
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Buried in Birr Crossroads Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium. Plot I, Row G, Grave 17.
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Other Information / Remarks
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George Joynes was awarded the Military Medal which was announced in the London Gazette No. 30498, dated
Monday 28 January 1918. George Joynes' younger brother, Thomas Frederick Joynes served as a Gunner with the Royal Garrison
Artillery. He was wounded towards the end of the war at the age of 18 and was previously employed by the Garforth Colliery
Company.
George Joynes' unit, 19th Company, Labour Corps was formed when the 22nd (Labour) Battalion, The West
Yorkshire Regiment was split up on 14 May 1917. Two of the companies became 18th Company, and the remaining two became
19th Company.
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Photographs
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Remembering the Fallen of Two Villages on the Eastern Fringes of Leeds.
Site built by Nigel Marshall
Copyright MMVI
- MMX
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