Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Gallipoli	1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals	Helles Memorial
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
25 Apr 1915	~	Kineton  |  Alcester
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Other War Memorials
Second Battle of Krithia	On or before 5 Aug 1914 at Redditch
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
Krithia

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

George (William as he was known) is listed as being killed in action on 6 May 1915. The Battalion war diary for that day is transcribed below:

Krithia 6 May 1915: The Battalion was ordered to push through the front line trenches and try and gain ground. We passed through the trenches of the 1st Bn Royal Dublin Fus and 1st Bn Royal Munster Fus. The Battalion advanced roughly 500 yards under heavy shell and machinegun fire and after a hard struggle gained some high ground to our immediate front where we entrenched, as the left flank of the Brigade were unable to gain ground against a redoubt which was giving much trouble. During the day we lost about 100 killed (including George) and wounded including Capt G C Deans, D W Pollock and T H O Crawley killed, Lt W D Bush wounded. There was no attack during the night. END