Name
Edward Barcroft George
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/09/1916
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Durham Light Infantry
4th Bn., attached 15th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
II. A. 6.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Caldicott School Memorial, Hitchin*1
Pre War
Son of Edward James and Eleanor George, of The Hall, Consett, Co. Durham. He was born on the 13th August 1898 and his home was at Pleshatts, Summerhill, Shottery Bridge, County Durham. He entered Caldicott School in September 1905 and left in July 1910, having been awarded a Leys Exhibition of £16.
Wartime Service
After being commissioned, he served in the 4th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry, but at the time of his death he was attached to the 15th Battalion of the Regiment. He was killed in action on the day that the Battalion launched an unsuccessful attack commencing at 9.15am on the enemy front facing Gird Lines, west of Gueudecourt. Later in the day the Battalion withdrew to Flea trench and from there to the sunken section of the Ginchy Road end to positions south of Flers.
He is buried in the A.I.F. Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers following the concentration of burials.
He was killed on the 16th September 1916 aged 18 years.
Additional Information
He may appear as B B George on the school memorial. After his death his next of kin was recorded as Mr E J George of The Hall, Consett, Co Durham. *1 This memorial (names only) was removed to Caldicott School, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, when the school moved to that site.
Acknowledgments
Terry Ransome, www.caldicott.com/HistoryWW2.aspx, Jonty Wild
