Norton, George Frederick
- Who
- WWI driver
- When
- WWI
- Where
- France
- Education
- Lawrenceville School 94; Staten Island Acad
Born October 28, 1876, in Elk Grove, Christian County, Kentucky. Son of Ex and Lucy Moore Norton. Educated at Lawrenceville School, Class of 1894, and Staten Island Academy. Partner in firm Ex Norton & Company, stockbrokers, New York City, eight years. Took up farming, Orange County, New Jersey. Joined American Field Service, May 26, 1917; attached Section One, Croix de Guerre, Corps d'Armée citation. Killed at Ludes by aeroplane bomb July 12, 1917. Buried in Ludes, Marne. Body subsequently transferred to Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, New York.
Born October 28, 1876, in Elk Grove, Christian County, Kentucky. Son of Ex and Lucy Moore Norton. Educated at Lawrenceville School, Class of 1894, and Staten Island Academy. Partner in firm Ex Norton & Company, stockbrokers, New York City, eight years. Took up farming, Orange County, New Jersey. Joined American Field Service, May 26, 1917; attached Section One, Croix de Guerre, Corps d'Armée citation. Killed at Ludes by aeroplane bomb July 12, 1917. Buried in Ludes, Marne. Body subsequently transferred to Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, New York.
- Tribute from Memorial Volume of the American Field Service, 1921
WWI File
- Months of service
- 2, 1917
- Section(s)
- S.S.U. 1
- Home at time of enlistment
- Goshen, N.Y., USA
- KIA
- killed as volunteer
Decoration(s) received while a volunteer with the Field Service
- Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)