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Record #21584

Name :: : George SALTER (1892 - 1918)
aka : Corporal Salter
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 25 Oct 1892
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 4 Oct 1918 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Wakefield

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 24 Jul 1903
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Barnardo Homes
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Corporal George Salter. His draft card was signed on 5 Jun 1916, but he could not serve until his immigration was processed in 1918.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: George Salter
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1892
Registration District: Wakefield
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 58

A possible 1901 English Census places George Salter, aged 8 years born about 1893 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. He is listed as the Nephew of Mary and Joe Salter in Plymouth, Devon, England. Joe was the caretaker of a library by trade.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: SALTER
Given Name: George
Age: 10
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1903
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1903-07-15
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1903-07-24
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario, Winnipeg and Russell, Manitoba
Notes: The child's surname was illegible or difficult to decipher.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-481
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1916 U.S. Registration Card for George Salter states that he is 25 years of age born 25 Oct 1891. He was born in Peterboro, Ontario, Canada and worked as a cook at Great Falls Hotel in Montana where he registered.

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
From Ancestry.com
Name: George Salter
State Registered: Montana
Death Date: 4 Oct 1918
Cemetery: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot H Row 17 Grave 28
Cemetery City: Romagne
Cemetery Country: France
War: World War I
Title: CORPORAL, U.S. Army
Rank: CORPORAL
Service: U.S. Army
Division: 361st Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division
Data Source: World War I Honor Roll

A 1918 U.S Naturalization record states that George Salter was 27 years of age, born 25 Oct 1891 in Peterboro, Canada. It states he arrived in the United States in 1912 and that he was a solider by occupation.

Corporal George Slater's Find A Grave biography states that he was orphaned when his mother passed away and his father left his 7 children. Four children stayed in England and were brought up by relatives, but three were sent to Canada, two in 1901 and George following in 1903.
He was buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne sous Montfaucon, Meuse, Lorraine, France. Plot H, Row 17, Grave 28.

Find A Grave Memorial# 55996504

ContributorsCreated : 2013-01-14 19:45:46 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-04 11:34:43 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3046	ABBOTT, Lily	1873	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Sep 1883 : Parisian	CAN	Maria Rye
3086	ABRAHAM, Dinah	1889	ENG, YKS, Hull	Jul 1897 : State of California	CAN	Waifs & Strays
3089	ABRAHAMS, Milly Esther	1889	ENG, YKS, Hull	Jul 1897 : State of California	CAN	Waifs & Strays
5397	ADAMSON, Doris	1907	ENG, YKS, Hull	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
6852	AGGAS, Clara	1891	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
6851	AGGAS, Ethel	1889	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
6780	AGGAS, Herbert	1895	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
6854	AGGAS, John William	1893	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
10434	ALLENBY, Edward	1908	ENG, YKS, Kirkbymoorside	Aug 1924 : Doric	CAN	National Childrens Home
3463	ALLINSON, Herbert Arthur	1895	ENG, YKS, Harwood Dale	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3462	ALLINSON, Lancelot	1892	ENG, YKS, Harwood Dale	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos	suffolkmawther
4456	ANDERSON, Ethel Rows	1884	ENG, YKS, Normanby	Aug 1890 : Parisian	CAN	Maria Rye
3807	ANDREWS, Vernard Reginald	1897	ENG, YKS, Kingston Upon Hull	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
13294	ANGUS, Agnes Crawford	1892	ENG, YKS, Ecclesall Bierlow	Jul 1905 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
13293	ANGUS, Jennie Anderson	1893	ENG, YKS, Ecclesall Bierlow	Jul 1905 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
5278	ARDINGTON, Thomas	1914	ENG, YKS, Driffield	Mar 1930 : Baltic	CAN	Waifs & Strays
8614	ARGENT, Joseph	1892	ENG, YKS, Sheffield	Mar 1909 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home	Lyn 8
23425	ARUNDEL, Eleanor Chapman	1892	ENG, YKS, Swinton, near Rotherham	Jun 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	Mrs. Mooney\'s
23426	ARUNDEL, Elsie Mary	1895	ENG, YKS, Doncaster	Jun 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	Mrs. Mooney\'s
5754	ASHBURNE, Alfred	1892	ENG, YKS, Dewsbury	May 1907 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
23815	ASHER, Thomas	1889	ENG, YKS, Sheffield	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
15686	ASHFORD, Alice Carter	1908	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Sep 1924 : Melita	CAN	Barnardos
5361	ATKINSON, Thos	1910	ENG, YKS, Keighley	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	National Childrens Home
5049	BAKER, David	1914	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
4996	BARNER, John	1916	ENG, YKS, York	Sep 1930 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Barnardos
4733	BARRACLOUGH, Dorothy D.	1918	ENG, YKS, Leeds	1932 : - Unknown -	AUS	Barnardos
4732	BARRACLOUGH, George Edward	1920	ENG, YKS, Scarborough	Jul 1930 : Balranald	AUS	Barnardos
4103	BARRETT, Maud	1888	ENG, YKS, Skipton	Aug 1901 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
12080	BATTERS, Thomas Edward	1917	ENG, YKS, Halifax	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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