Edward George Fullick (1908-1942)

Dates

Birth: 6 February 1908 East Street, Selsey, West Sussex, UK
Father: Ernest George Fullick 1879-1917
Mother: Eleanor Tadd 1884-1954

Christening: 1 March 1908 St Peter Selsey, West Sussex, UK

Marriage: 13 December 1930 St Peter, Selsey, West Sussex, UK
Wife: Edith Elizabeth Merrell (Merrill) 1911-1993

Death: 2 April 1942 Alexandria, Egypt
Burial: Plot 1. D. 9. Alexandria (Hadra) War Cemetery, Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt.

Children

John Ernest Fullick 1931-2012
Francis Edward Fullick 1934-1982

Notes

Birth of Edward George Fullick in FreeBMD in January-March 1908 in Westhampnett (2B 351).

Entry in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 for Edward George Fullick born 6 February 1908 baptised 1 March 1908 in Selsey, Sussex, parents Ernest and Ellen Fullick. "Page 177 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Selsey in the County of Sufsex in the Year 1908 [...] 6 Feby 1908 1908 March 1 No. 1410 Edward George [parents] Ernest [a] Fisherman & Ellen Fullick [of] East Street, Selsey."

His brother was born 18 September 1909 and baptised 17 October 1909 in Selsey, when they were living in Albion Road, Selsey.

In the 1911 census as Edward Fullick aged 3, born in Selsey and living with his parents (Ernest and Eleanor), brother (Ernest) and sister (Olive) in 5 rooms (3 bed, kitchen and sitting) in Albion Road, Selsey, Sussex.

His father died on 20 November 1917 in the Irish Sea 8 miles east of Belfast Lough, Troon.

Entry in his father's UK, World War I Pension Ledgers as Edward George Fullick born 6 February 1908 and was living in Albion Road, Selsey, Chichester.

In the 1921 census as Edward George Fullick born in Selsey, Sussex in 1908 and living with Eleanor Fullick (mother?), Ernest Wilfred Fullick (brother?) and Olive May Fullick (sister?) in Selsey, Westhampnett, Sussex.

Two entries in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Edward George Fullick addresses Albion Road, Selsey, Chichester in 1930, other occupant Eleanor Fullick (mother?), and 3 Elmworth, Lewis Road, Selsey, Chichester in 1931.

Marriage of Edward G Fullick and Edith E Merrell in FreeBMD in October-December 1930 in Westhampnett (2B 999).

Entry in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 for the marriage of Edward George Fullick aged 22, father Ernest George Fullick, and Edith Elizabeth Merrell on 13 December 1930 in Selsey, Sussex. "Page 11 1930. Marriage solemnized at S. Peter's Church in the Parish of Selsey in the County of Sussex. [No.] 21 Dec 13th 1930 Edward George Fullick [aged] 22 [a] Bachelor [and] Painter [of] Albion Road Selsey [father] Ernest George Fullick (deceased) [a] Fisherman, [and] Edith Elizabeth Merrell [aged] 19 [a] Spinster [of] Albion Road Selsey [father] Arthur Henry Murrell [a] Plumber. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after banns [...] in the Presence of us E W Fullick, Emily Edith Merrell, O. M. Fullick [and] E Fullick".

His first son was born 7 September 1931 and second on 3 February 1934 in Selsey and registered in Westhampnett (mother's maiden name Merrill in 1931 and Merrell in 1934).

Seven entries in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Edward George Fullick addresses 3 Elmworth, Lewis Road, Selsey, Chichester in 1932, his wife was living at 3 Elmfield, Lewis Road (was this a typo), 1 Eyewood Villas, East Road, Selsey, Chichester from 1934 to 1937, other occupant Edith Elizabeth Fullick (wife?), and 2 Eyewood Villas, East Road, Selsey, Chichester from 1938 to 1939, other occupants Edith Elizabeth Fullick (wife?) and Emily Edith Merrell (mother-in-law?).

In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Edward G Fullick born 6 February 1908, married, a house decorator and repairer, and living with Edith E Fullick (wife?), Francis E Fullick (son?), Edith E Merrell (mother-in-law?) and one other (son?) at 1 Eyewood Villas, Chichester, Sussex.

Entry in Ancestry UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 for Edward Fullick, born and lived in Sussex, gunner 1776971 in the Royal Artillery died 2 April 1942 in the Middle East.

Entry in Commonwealth War Graves Commision for Edward George Fullick, son of Ernest George and Eleanor Fullick, of Selsey, Sussex and husband of Edith Elizabeth Fullick, of Selsey, aged 34, gunner 1776971 in Royal Artillery 152 Indep. H.A.A. Bty. on 2 April 1942 in grave 1 D 9 Alexandria (HADRA) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. "Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery EG. 6 [...] Fullick, Gnr. Edward George, 1776971. 152 Indep. H.A.A. Bty., Royal Artillary. "2nd April, , 1942. Age 34. Son of Ernest George and Eleanor Fullick, of Selsey, Sussex; husband of Edith Elizabeth Fullick, of Selsey. 1. D. 9.".

Entry in FindaGrave for Gnr Edward George Fullick, Gunner, Royal Artillery, aged 34 who died on 2 April 1942 and buried in Plot 1. D. 9. at Alexandria (Hadra) War Cemetery, Alexandria (Al Iskandariya), Egypt.

Seventeen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Gnr Edward George Fullick.

Relationship

Edward George Fullick was my fourth cousin once removed.

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