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CAUSER, GEORGE EDWIN

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	William Causer	Yes			5
Where born	Newborough, Burton -on-Trent, Staffordshire	Yes			5
When born	About 1874				1
Address	Bradley Street, Uttoxeter			3b	5
Address	Wife and children: Tutbury District (at the time of his death)			3b
Spouse	Elizabeth Ann Causer	Yes			5
Children	4			3b
Employment Before Joining up	Roadman for Uttoxeter County Council			3b	5
Where enlisted	Uttoxeter, Staffordshire			3a
Regiment	Army Service Corps	Yes		3a	5 6
Unit
Rank	Private			3b
Rank	Driver	Yes
Service Number	T4/083296	Yes			5 6
Date of Death	30 October 1916	Yes			6
Date of Death	30 November 1916 (Incorrect)				5
Age at time of death	42	Yes
Where Killed or died	England – Newcastle-on-Tyne
How he died	Illness – Gas poisoning			3b	5
Location of Grave or Memorial	Tutbury (St. Mary) Churchyard	Yes			2
	Tutbury Church and Churchyard				5
	Alrewas All Saints Church				5
	Hanbury Parish Roll (St. Werburgh’s Church)				5
Awards	Victory Medal: Roll RASC/101 B 58				6
	British Medal: Roll RASC/101 B 58				6

The details above relate to the only George Edwin Causer in the CWGC database. However, there are some discrepancies between the CWGC details and the information given in George’s obituary in the Uttoxeter Advertiser3b. The chief concern is that the middle initial in the Uttoxeter Advertiser’s articles about him does not correspond with the town’s memorials and the CWGC register, which use the initials G. A, instead of G. E. Having said that, some of the names on the War Memorials are known to contain errors.

Furthermore, his CWGC date of death (30th October 1916) does not tally with the date of the obituary (25 April 1917)3b. This might be explained by the fact that his wife and children had moved to Tutbury; perhaps they did not inform the Uttoxeter Advertiser of his death until six-months after the event.

George was born in about 1874 at Newborough, Burton-on-Trent. This father was William Causer.

Before the war George lived with his wife, Elizabeth Ann, and four children at Bradley Street, Uttoxeter3b. He was a Roadman for the local County Council3b .

Few original houses survive in Bradley Street, but the group of buildings on the left of this picture give some impression of what the old street was like

In April 1915 the Uttoxeter Advertiser reported that the local recruiting officer, Sergeant Armishaw, had recently enlisted George in the Army Service Corps3a. George served as a Private, number T4/083296.

He died at the age of 42 on 30th October 1916 and, according to the Uttoxeter Advertiser’s obituary, he died from gas poisoning. We do not know when or where he was exposed to the gas, but the Uttoxeter Advertiser’s roll of honour says that he died in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He had therefore been evacuated from the field and brought back to England.

By the time he died his wife and children had moved to the Tutbury district, which explains why he is buried in Tutbury (St. Mary) Churchyard. It might also explain why George’s Obituary did not appear in the Uttoxeter Advertiser until April 19173b.

George is buried with three other Great War casualties at the edge of Tutbury Churchyard on the slopes of the castle mound. His name appears on the Churchyard War Memorial there as well as on the St. Mary’s Church War Memorial in Uttoxeter.

His grave is situated on a steep slope on Tutbury Castle’s Bailey, which is now part of the church yard