Name
George Henry Christmas
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/03/1918
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
15041
Bedfordshire Regiment
"C" Company, 7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
POZIERES MEMORIAL
Panel 28 and 29.
France
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary The Virgin Church Memorial Plaque, Stanstead St Margaret’s
Pre War
Born in Islington, North London in 1895 to parents George and Elizabeth. By 1901 they were living in Finsbury Park where his father was a furnace stoker. George had 3 brothers, and by 1911 they had moved to 6 Lichfield Terrace, St Margaret’s and George now had two sisters, Ethel and Elsie and George was working as a baker’s assistant.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment posted to C Company. From July 1915 until 1918 they served in France and Belgium. In 1916 they fought at the Somme, the following year at Arras and Ypres and in 1918 they were engaged at the Somme again as part of Operation Michael. On March 22nd the battalion were engaged in the 2 day battle for the Crozat Canal and it was here that George was killed as his unit fought a stubborn rear guard action.
Acknowledgments
Terry Collins
