South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Driver 89228 George Edward TANDY - D Battery, 31st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery


Killed in Action on Saturday 5th May 1917 aged 21


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Salonika 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Struma Military Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
20 May 1915 in France ~ Long Itchington
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
Battle of Doiran August 1914 at Birmingham ~
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
Struma Valley, Greece ~  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

The 31st Brigade War diary is not yet online and we have not been able to find any information regarding the circumstances of the death of George other than that he was in a dugout constructed in house in the Struma Valley that was hit by an enemy shell.

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Bapitsm Date/Place
Dec Qtr 1895 at Long Itchington  29 Dec 1895 at Long Itchington 
   
Parents Names Parents Abode
Henry and Alice Tandy  The Crofts, Long Itchington 
   
Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History                       
1896 - Long Itchington 1911 - Plough Boy on farm
1901 - Sarjeants Row, Long Itchington  
1911 - Sarjeants Row, Long Itchington