Name
George Henry French
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/09/1915
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
19992
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
9th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LOOS MEMORIAL
Panel 50-52
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin War Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
He was the son of Mrs Alice French of The Almshouses, Biggin Lane, Hitchin and the husband of Ethel French of Oakdene, Kershaws Hill, Hitchin.
Wartime Service
He volunteered in January 1915 and was sent to the Western Front in July of that year. He was given Service No. 19992 in the 9th Battalion of the Regiment which was part of the 58th Brigade in the 19th Division of the Indian Corps of the 1st Anny. Two months later he was killed in action near Ypres.
His death coincides with the Battle of Loos when the Battalion was immediately north of Givenchy. This was the first serious engagement involving the Division and they suffered heavy losses in their attack.
He has no known grave and is remembered on Panels 50 to 52 of the Loos Memorial to the Missing, Pas de Calais, France.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
