Name
George Gentle
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/07/1916
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sapper
87799
Royal Engineers
117th Railway Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY
188
Greece
Headstone Inscription
Blessed are they that rest in the Lord
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin War Memorial, Holy Saviour Church War Memorial, Radcliffe Rd., Hitchin, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin, St Faith's Church War Memorial, Walsworth, Baldock Town Memorial St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock
Pre War
He was the son of George and Lizzie Gentle who lived at Bygrave Lane, Baldock and a native of Baldock, Herts.. He was the husband of Lizzie Gentle of Ivy Cottage, Orchard Rd, Walsworth and they had four children.
It seems that he was in fact born on the 5th September 1885 which means that he was not 35 at the time of his death, but 30. Before enlisting, he was a railway platelayer and underman.
Wartime Service
After joining the army he was a member of the 117th Railway Company and his Service Number was 87799. He arrived in Egypt on the 15th September 1915 and went to Salonika where he suffered heat stroke and later died of malaria.
He was buried in Grave 188, Salonika (Lembet Rd) Military Cemetery in Greece.
Additional Information
A private inscription on the stone reads "Blessed are they that rest in the Lord".
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, Adrian Pitts, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
