ROLFE, George


No.30724, Private, George ROLFE
Aged 27


9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
Killed in Action on 10th October 1916


George Rolfe was born in Depden (2nd qtr 1889 Thingoe 4a:718) son of Thomas and Annie ROLFE (née ROLFE)

1891 census...Family not found in this census

1901 census...Aged 12, he was "near the Green" Depden with his father Thomas ROLFE [36] horseman on farm; his mother Annie [32]; brothers Joseph [9], John [6] and Robert [10 months]; sister Nelly [2]. All were born in Depden.

1911 census...Aged 22, farm labourer, he was at Depden Green with his parents; brothers John (farm labourer) and Robert; sisters Nellie, Ethel [7] and Alice [1]; uncle Herbert ROLFE [47]

On the pension card his parents were at Depden Green.



He enlisted in Bury St.Edmunds.
All the war diary for 10th October has to say is "In Trenches, draft of 10 OR arrived..casualties 7 OR killed 16 wounded." The location is not recorded, but they had just previously bivouacked in Bernafay Wood





George Rolfe is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, pier/face 1C/2A

click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details


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