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George Arthur Jude was born 8 Jan 1893 at 7 Ebenezer Place, Walker Street, Hull and baptised 22 Feb 1893 at St James Church, Hull. He was the eldest of nine children of John William Jude, a maltster and brewer, and his wife Mary Ann (nee Calvert). His parents, with his siblings, frequently moved house but George was brought up in Beverley by an aunt, his mother's sister, Elizabeth Slingsby (nee Calvert) and her husband Charles Slingsby. In 1901 George and the Slingsbys were living at Well Place, Beverley (his parents and siblings lived at 7 Alexander Terrace, Hull). In 1911, the Slingsbys and George lived at 41 Lairgate, then at 9 Minster Terrace, Beverley by 1915. George served an apprenticeship as a ships' plater.
Private Jude, G A, Service No. 2032, enlisted at Beverley into 'C' Company, (known as the Beverley Terriers), 1st/5th Battalion, (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Yorkshire Regiment. (The Green Howards). This was a Territorial Battalion in the 150th Brigade of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division. The Battalion came under fire for the first time on 24 Apr and were involved in heavy fighting during the Battle of St Julien, in the Ypres Salient where they gained, apparently, the nickname 'Yorkshire Gurkhas'. Following the Battle of St Julien the Battalion moved initially to the Dranoutre area and then, in July, to the Armentieres sector. In early October the Battalion was holding the line in trenches 69, 70 and 71a in front of La Chapelle d'Armentieres. On 4 Oct 1915 George Arthur Jude, aged 22 years, was shot by a sniper and died of his wounds. He is buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Pas de Calais.
In a compassionate letter to Mrs Mary Ann Jude, his company commander Captain James Albert Raymond Thompson, described her son thus: 'He was a most capable soldier and carried out all his duties very cheerfully and well.''
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