South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One

2nd Lieutenant Howard Avenel Bligh St. GEORGE - 1st Life Guards


Killed in Action Monday, November 15, 1914 aged 19

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 Military History

Theatre

France & Flanders

Action/Battle/Other

First Battle of Ypres

Place of Death

Zillebeke

 

Medals

1914 Star & Clasp, British War and Victory Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

Commissioned January 1914

 

Commonwealth War Graves Page

Zillebeke Churchyard

SWFHS War Memorial(s)

Newbold Pacey

Other War Memorial(s)

Zillebeke Church Window

 

Previous Regiments/Units

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Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

The war diary states that, at about 3pm on that day, 2nd Lt. H. A. St George, went from a forward trench at Zwarteleen to headquarters in Zillebeke to report intelligence on enemy activity. Whereupon, after leaving to return to the trenches, he was shot dead by a sniper, who was apparently posted in a house on the Zillebeke to Klein Zillebeke Road.
 
Zillebeke Church was completely destroyed reduced to a pile of rubble and mud before being rebuilt after the war.
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 Area Map  Zillebeek Graveyard
 Personal & Family History

Birth Date & Place

16 Dec 1894 at

Baptism Date & Place

17 Jan 1895 at Dublin, St. Anne

Parents

Howard Bligh and Florence Evelyn St. George of Ashorne

Wife & Marriage

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Children

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Occupation(s)

  • Soldier

Schools & Colleges

  • Eton College

 

Address History

  • 1901 - Ballinasloe, Ireland
  • 1914 - Ashorne Hill, Newbold Pacey (now a hotel)

Other Information

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