George Thomas IMPEY

1863 - 1916  (53 years)

• Name	George Thomas IMPEY
  Birth	1863	Thames Ditton, Surrey   [1, 2]
  Baptism	29 Nov 1863	St. Nicholas, Summer Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey   [2]
  Gender	Male
  1871 Census	41, Currie St., Battersea, Surrey   [1]
  	At 1871 Census, he is 7, occ "Scholar"
  1881 Census	18, Thorne St., Lambeth, Surrey   [3]
  	At 1881 Census, he is 17, occ "Labourer at Gas Works"
  1891 Census	51, Mayall Road, Brixton, Surrey   [4]
  	At 1891 Census, he is 27, occ "Labourer Gas Works"
  1901 Census	14, Dawlish St., Vauxhall, Surrey   [5]
  	At 1901 Census, he is 33, occ "Coal Porter"
  1911 Census	3, Bolney St., Vauxhall, Surrey   [6]
  	At 1911 Census, he is 50, occ "Coal Porter"
  Death	3 Nov 1916	Bolney St., Dorset Rd., South Lambeth, Surrey   [7, 8]
  Burial	11 Nov 1916	Lambeth, Surrey   [9]
  Person ID	I410	Webb
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas IMPEY,   b. 1837, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Caroline PESKETT,   b. Abt 1829, Arundel, Sussex
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	2 Nov 1858	St. Mary, Newington   [10]
  Family ID	F194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1863 - Thames Ditton, Surrey Baptism - 29 Nov 1863 - St. Nicholas, Summer Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey Death - 3 Nov 1916 - Bolney St., Dorset Rd., South Lambeth, Surrey Burial - 11 Nov 1916 - Lambeth, Surrey  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Although baptised as George Thomas, he seems to mainly refer to himself as Thomas George. Marries Charlotte CORBEN 11/10/1892, St Barnabas, Lambeth. He gives his age as 22 (ie born 1870) according to the transcript. This discrepancy might be an issue, but the name is fairly rare, so I am assuming this is either a transcript mistake or for some reason he chose to lie about his age, perhaps because Charlotte seems much younger. (The Census data says she came from Langton Matravers, Dorset). There is the related complication regarding his WW1 record, where he seems to underestimate the age, presumably in order to serve. Assuming we have the right person, George (or Thomas as he called himself) said he was 44y 9m when he volunteered in Apr 1915. (Conscription was not started till Jan 1916). Convention (or possibly regulation) said that 40 was the oldest you could be to sign up, until this was increased towards the end of the war. However people who had previously served could join up until the age of 45. He said he previously served in the "Militia T. E." I do not know what this is, but as it was written by the recruiting seargeant, it is clearly something military. There were militias in Lambeth, but these should have been disbanded by 1908 and replaced by a formal reservist company. So my assumption is that his birthday was Jul or Aug, and hence he was actually 51y 9m in Apr 1915. He joined the Army Service Corps, posted to the depot on 15/4/1915 and was discharged 15/3/1916 as "no longer physically fit for War service". He received a pension from June 1916. His death details come from his pension, but because he was no longer fighting there is no CWCG record.

  
  

• Sources

  [S510] 1871 Census :- 41, Currie St., Battersea, Surrey. [S2773] Baptism register :- St Nicholas, Thames Ditton (1863-4). [S511] 1881 Census :- 18, Thorne St., Lambeth, Surrey. [S740] 1891 Census :- 51, Mayall Road, Brixton, Surrey. [S2777] 1901 Census :- 14, Dawlish St., Vauxhall, Surrey. [S2778] 1911 Census :- 3, Bolney St., Vauxhall, Surrey. [S2775] Death transcript :- Thomas G Impey (1916). [S2776] Army records :- Thomas G Impey (1915-6). [S2774] Burial transcript :- Thomas G Impey (1916). [S1115] Marriage register entry :- Thomas Impey - Caroline Peskett (1858).