Name
George Algernon Egerton
1 December 1870
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/05/1915
44
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant Colonel
19th (Queen Alexandra's Own) Royal Hussars
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD
I.6
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Tewin Village Memorial, St Peter’s Church Muster Roll, Tewin, Memorial Plaque, St Mark's Church, Worsley, Lancs
Pre War
George Algernon Egerton was born on 1 December 1870 in Worsley, Lancs, the son of the Hon. Algernon Fulke Egerton and Mrs Alice Egerton of Worsley, Manchester and was baptised on 6 January 1871 at St Mark, Worsley, Lancs.
On the 1871 Census the family were living at Princes Terrace, Westminster as his father was a Member of Parliament but by 1881 George was a pupil at The Evelyn School, Colham Green, Hillingdon, Middlesex. He enlisted into the 1st Cavalry Brigade, 19th Hussars and on 10 Oct 1891 was appointed 2nd Lieutenant. He was promoted to Captain in 1902 and on the 1911 Census he was a serving Major in 19th Hussars (unmarried) at Wellington Lines, Aldershot.
Wartime Service
Prior to the First World War he served in the South African wars. As Commanding Officer he was walking along the reserve trenches of Potijze Wood, Belgium at around 5.00 pm on 12 May 1915 when he was wounded.
He died of those wounds the following day.
Additional Information
Probate granted 5 November 1915 with effects of £17346 17s 3d. Pay & allowances of £115 8s 9d granted to joint executors, named as George Chichester May and Frederick Walter Stephenson. Sisters Mary Florence Egerton & Evelyn Harriet Egerton named on the Absent Voters' List for Tewin,
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
