Personal Profile

1025*. Sgt & 2/Lt. Page, George Ernest Steward

Sergeant & Second Lieutenant

Date of Birth: 15/1/1893, Wootton Basset, Wilts (CENS)
Occupation: Bank Clerk (SR-RAF)
Employer: London City & Midland Bank Ltd, Swansea Docks (HSBC)
1908 Serv. No: 1025*
1917 Serv. No: 725374
Service O/S: Home
Other service: RAF (trans 4/2/18)
Commission: 21/8/18 (LG - 15/10/18)
Demobilised: 15/4/1919

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 15/1/1893, Wootton Basset, Wilts. Parents - Alfred Steward & Ann

1901 -

1910 - Joined London City & Midland Bank Ltd as Bank Clerk (10/6/1910-27/9/1914) (SR-RAF)

1911 - 12 Bloomfield Ave, Bath. 18yo. Occ-Bank Clerk. W parents & 5 bros & sis

1921 - 12 Bloomfield Ave, Bath. 28y5m. Occ-Bank Clerk, London Joint City & Midland Bank, Newport. W parents (Dad- Customs & Excise) & 4 bros

1934 - Married Violet P Haggett, Q2, Bath

By 1937 - Started to use extra middle name - George Ernest Steward (Taunton Courier & Westn Adv 10-7-1937)

1939 - Sandcroft, Bridgwater, Soms. DOB 15/1/1893. Occ-Bank Accountant. W wife, Violet P

Died

Address:
Bath

Military Service

SR at NA - WO 339/131329

Record in HSBC archive - https://history.hsbc.com/entity/4027411-george-ernest-page

Enl 15 Sept 1914 (HSBC had 12th- but this is wrong)

In Dec 1914 photo of recruits as Gnr

2nd Line

4/1915 - Bombadier, 7/1915 - Corporal, 1/1916 - Sergeant (HSBC)

South Wales Daily News, 17/6/1916 (FindMyPast)

1917 - Acting as Gunnery Instructor on Salisbury Plain. Final unit 342 Bde

4/2/1918 - Transferred to RAF as Cadet, joined No 2 OCW, Hastings then No 6 School of Aviation.

July 1918 - Commissioned as Lieut (???) + attached to airship Station at Runcorn (from HSBC, but Oct on SR)

15/4/1919 - Unemployed list

1st Welsh Unit: 342 Bde (2nd Line)
Discharged - Reason: Unemployed List
Sources: (SR-RAF)(HSBC)

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
Back to Nom Roll