Cpl
George Frederick Warwick

Informations sur naissance

Date de naissance:
25/08/1894
Lieu de naissance:
City of Westminster, Middlesex, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
bagagiste m.

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Force armée:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Corporal
Numéro de service:
30468
Incorporation date:
09/11/1915
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Lambeth, Surrey, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Unités:
 —  Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1st Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
05/10/1917
Lieu de décès:
Poelcapelle, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Âge:
23

Mémorial

Tyne Cot Memorial
Panneau: Panel 24 A

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 3

#1 Lieu de naissance
#2 Lieu d'enrôlement
#3 Lieu du décès (approximatif)

Mon histoire

George Frederick Warwick, a London porter, joined the British Army on November 9, 1915 as a Dispatch Rider Motorcyclist with the Royal Engineers. Corporal Warwick transports missives and pigeons as a dispatcher of the 17th Divisional Signal Company.

In 1916, while serving in Northern France, George Frederick met Georgette Béthencourt from Artois. They soon became engaged. Their daughter, Marie, was born on August 26, 1917. George was able to visit his fiancé and daughter a couple of times.

In June 1917, George Frederick Warwick was transferred as a soldier to the 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. His regiment took part in the Battle of Broodseinde on October 4, 1917.

On the 4th of October the 4th Division attacked with the 11th and 10th Brigade near Poelkapelle. The 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (part of the 10th Brigade) was in support. Due to heavy machine-gun fire and a couter attack the 1st Royal Warwicks came to assist. A gap between the 4th and 29th Division was filled with the 1st Warwicks. The new line was held at Ferdan House - Kangaroo Huts - west of Tragique Farm and 19 Metre Hill, northwest of Poelkapelle.

On October 5, the 23-year-old Warwick died while his Battalion was consolidating the new front line at Poelkapelle. He is commemorated at the Tyne Cot Memorial.

Fichiers 1

Sources 2

10 Infantry Brigade: 1 Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/1484/5).
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303
Sources utilisées
McCarthy C., Passchendaele, The Third Ypres: The Day-by-Day Account. (Londen: Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018), pp. 101-102.
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