Geboortedatum: 01/04/1887

Geboorteplaats: Watford, Hertfordshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Beroep: Klerk - Bediende

Land: Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Strijdmacht: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Corporal

Service nummer: 233960

Dienstneming plaats: Watford, Hertfordshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Eenheden:  —  Royal Field Artillery, "A" Bty. 103rd Bde.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Datum van overlijden: 10/08/1917

Plaats van overlijden: Lock N° 8, België

Doodsoorzaak: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Leeftijd: 30

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

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.

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CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/449705/deayton,-george-thomas/ Gebruikte bronnen

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W.G. MacPherson, Medical Services General History : History of the Great War based on official documents, 139. Gebruikte bronnen