George Moreton

1911 - 1944  (33 years)

• Name	George Moreton
  Birth	5 Jan 1911	Bilston, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F6C02A1ED03B41F2B06B7DFEEA63959E52B1
  Death	11 Aug 1944	France
  	Sept. 7 - Pvt. George Moreton, 33, Lorraine, was killed in action in France Aug. 11, according to a War Department telegram received by his wife, Marian Stillman Moreton. Pvt. Moreton was inducted into the Army on Nov. 27, 1943. Arriving in England early in June (he went) to France with an infantry division. In his last letter to his wife, dated July 27, and received by her Aug. 15, he did not refer to the war. He was the first Lorraine man killed in action in this war. He was born in Bilston, England, Jan. 5, 1911, the youngest of five children of the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moreton. He came to Lorraine when about a year and a half old, with his parents, his father having been assigned as pastor of the Lorraine Methodist Church.
  Person ID	I7984	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Living
  Family ID	F2616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marian Anabel Stillman,   b. 25 Aug 1912, Lorraine, Jefferson County, New York, United States d. 27 Apr 1976, Merritt Island, Brevard, Florida, United States (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1937
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F2592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 11 Aug 1944 - France  = Link to Google Earth