Name
Pierre Louis Gelas
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/04/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private 2nd Class
3559
150th Infantry Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Franerville Cemetery
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Stained Glass Window, Hitchin Boys Grammar School, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
His father, Mr J.P. Gelas, was a ribbon manufacturer and his home was at 74, the Boulevard Gambetta, Nogent-sur-Marne, Seine Department, France. Pierre was a Frenchman who attended Hitchin Grammar School from 1910-1912, he was remembered for his high spirits and vivacious laughter. He was one of the earliest boarders at the school.
He was born on the 9th September 1895 and had previously attended the Ecole Communale in Nogent-sur-Marne in the Seine Department of France. When he left school, he joined his father's business.
He enlisted at Seine 4th office (75).
Wartime Service
He was killed during the defence of Verdun and was buried in Franerville Cemetery on the banks of the Meuse. In French records his place of death is recorded as Nogent-sur-Marne (94 - Val-de-Marne (formerly Seine and Seine-et-Oise), France).
He was posthumously awarded the Croix de Guerre for conspicuous gallantry in action.
Additional Information
Possibly born in Tottenham. Not listed on the CWGC database and the cemetery in which he lies in not a CWGC cemetery. Mort pour la France le 22-04-1916 (Cumières-le-Mort-Homme, 55 - Meuse, France)
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
