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1590. Gnr/2/Lt. Perry, George Hugh

Gunner/Second Lieutenant

Date of Birth: 29/5/1888, Briton Ferry (SR)
Occupation: Railway Engineer & Iron & Steel Merchant (SR-NA)
Employer: Perrys & Partners (NEWS)
Enlisted - Date: 9/5/1916
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 1590
1917 Serv. No: 725770
Service O/S: France (30/11/17 - 31/3/18)
Commission: Commissioned LG 20/10/17. 2/Lt RFA
Date Died: 31/3/1918
How Died: Killed In Action
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Briton Ferry. Parents - George Valentine & Mary Jeanett

- Bapt 2 Aug 1888, Briton Ferry. Dads occ - Communion Agent

1891 - 2, Grandison Street, Briton Ferry. W parents & 2 sibs

1901 - 9 Victoria Gardens, Neath. 12yo. W parents & 3 sibs

1911 - 112 Brynn Rd, Swansea. 22yo. Occ-Assisting in [family Iron Merchant] Business. W parents & 4 sibs

1916 - Add 112 Brynn Rd, Swansea

1917 - Description 6ft 1in. Educated Kemps College, Bristol

1918 - Died aged 29, 31 March 1918, Buried at Varennes Military Cemetery

Personal Info: Son of G. V. and M. J. Perry, of Swansea. (CWGC)
Address:
112 Brynn Rd
Swansea (NEWS)

Military Service

Aged 30 years, he joined up in 1916, and served through heavy fighting, only to fall in a minor engagement three days later.

SR at NA - WO 339/98169

9/5/16 - Called up for Service

15/5/16 - Posted 2nd Line

12/10/16 - Transferred 3rd Line

6/2/17 - On Officer application - D Battery, No 7 Reserve Brigade, Rouisburg Barracks, Bordon

Attended 3 RFA Officer Cadet School, Weedon on 4 May 1917

LG - 29 Oct 1917, Special Reserve, Regular Army

MIC France 30/11/17, 41 Bde

30/11/17 - Disembarked Boulogne - to 2nd Div Artillery

31/12/17 - To 41st Bde, 31/12/17 - to 9 Bty

17th and 47th Div carried out minor operations at 6AM which was not very successful. Batteries cooperated and fired on area generally. Enemy 4.2 Hows were active during early morning in retaliation, evidentally much annoyed by our TANKS who retired through Battery position. Lieut. FOX of 17th Battery and 2nd Lieut. G PREEY of 9th Battery were killed.

41st Bde War Diary 31/3/18 (Easter Sunday) VARENNES

POST OFFICE TELEGRAMS. To Mrs Perry De la Beche House, Sketty, Swansea. Deeply regret 2nd Lieut GH Perry RFA 41 Bde Killed in Action thirty first The Army Council express Sympathy. From Secretary War Office

CWGC. Died 31/3/1918, 9th Bty. Buried/Commemorated: Varennes Military Cemetery, France

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 30/11/1917
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Addnl info: Buried/Commemorated: Varennes Military Cemetary, France
Final Unit: 9th Bty. (CWGC)
Sources: (MIC)(CWGC)(SR-NA)(NEWS)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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