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Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 24 Apr 2015 08:59

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32416382

I've also posted on Genealogy Chat, as I feel it deserves a wide audience

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MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 24 Apr 2015 11:01

It does indeed deserve a wide audience, some powerful items on that link.

Maddie

Maddie Report 24 Apr 2015 13:16

a wonderful article.
Sadly my relation wasn't a hero, just an 18 year old lad so I hope you dont mind me remembering him here

George Thomas Tredgold Birkett

Birth abt 1897 in Shoreditch, London, England
Death 15 Aug 1915 in Gallipoli

Birth: unknown Death: Aug. 15, 1915 Note: Private, London Regiment. Age: Unknown. Burial: Helles Memorial Gallipoli Canakkale, Turkey Plot: Final resting place unknown. Name listed on Panel 196 and 197. Created by: CWGC/ABMC

1/10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney)
August 1914 : at The Grove in Hackney. Part of 3rd London Brigade, 1st London Division. Moved on mobilisation to Bullswater, going on in September to Crowborough.
April 1915 : moved to Norwich and transferred to the East Midland Brigade in East Anglian Division.
7 May 1915 : formation renamed 162nd Brigade in 54th (East Anglian) Division. Moved to St Albans.
Late July 1915 : sailed from Plymouth for Gallipoli, going via Mudros. Landed at Suvla Bay 11 August 1915.December 1915 : evacuated from Gallipoli and moved to Egypt

He was only there 4 days