Year of birth: 1894

Place of birth: Edmonton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Country: England, United Kingdom

Force: British Expeditionary Force

Rank: Private

Service number: 19920

Enlistment date: 04/10/1913

Units:  —  Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 8th. Bn.  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 12/10/1917

Place of death: Adler Farm, Passchendaele, Belgium

Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Age: 23

British War Medal Medal

Victory Medal Medal

On the 11th of October, the battalion headquarters of the 8th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) went via Mousetrap Track and Springfield to Victoria Farm. A and B Company of the 8th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) went via Mousetrap Trac, Springfield and x-track, while C and D Company went via Alberta and x-tracks. During the night of the 11tth/12th October, there was a gas bombardment by gass shell. 2 casualties were made. On the 12th of October 1917, the First Battle of Passchendaele started. The 9th division was located near the left bank of the Lekkerboterbeek, south of Poelcapelle. The final objective of the day was the purple dotted line, located near Vat Cottages. During the battle on the 12th of October, the Black Watch took Adler farm, and then went on to take the first objective (the yellow dotted line), which was located near Source Trench. George Henry Fearey died on the 12th of October.

26 Infantry Brigade: 8 Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/1766/2). http://nationalarchives.gov.uk Sources used

McCarthy C., The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London, Arms & Armour Press, 1995), p. 116. Sources used

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1631671

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=550b0929-7c8a-4a04-bae5-a5d92596b2a5

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1211855