Cpl
George Thomas Deayton
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 01/04/1887 |
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Place of birth: Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Profession: Clerk |
Army information
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Country: England, United Kingdom |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Corporal |
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Service number: 233960 |
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Enlistment place: Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
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Units: — Royal Field Artillery, "A" Bty. 103rd Bde. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 10/08/1917 |
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Place of death: Lock N° 8, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.) |
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Age: 30 |
Cemetery
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Aeroplane Cemetery Plot: III Row: A Grave: 32 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 2
| #1 | Place of birth | ||
| #2 | Enlistment place |
My story
Corporal George Thomas Deayton served with A Battery, 103rd (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery. This Brigade was part of the 23rd Division. The war diary states that from the 1st of august Unil the 15th, the batteries and approaches were continually subject to enemy shelling, which resulted in heavy casualties. Corporal George Thomas Dayton was one of the wounded. The was taken to an advanced dressing station northeast of Voormezele, on the east bank of the Ypres-Komen canal between Lock N°8 and Lankhof Farm. He died of wounds on the 10th of august 1917 in this dressing station and was buried there. Later his remains were reburied in Aeroplane Cemetery.
Sources 5
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Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Sources used |
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CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/449705/deayton,-george-thomas/ Sources used |
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Naval & Military Archive http://www.nmarchive.com/ Sources used |
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The Long Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Sources used |
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W.G. MacPherson, Medical Services General History : History of the Great War based on official documents, 139. Sources used |