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205684
Pte. John George Weeden
British Army East Lancashire Regiment
from:Deptford, London
John George Weeden was born 29-01-1889 and died in 1975. He joined the East Lancashire Regiment on 10-04-1907 at New Cross, London signing on for seven years as a regular and 5 years as a reserve. On 27-07-1914, a few days before WWI commenced he was serving as a reserve in South Africa. On 05-11-1914 he landed in France and was described as an honest, hard working soldier and a good horseman. On 09-04-1919 he was discharged and awarded the "1914-1915 Star with clasp" "British war Medal 1915-1920" and the "Victory Medal".
John's brothers who also served in the East Lancashire Regiment during WWI :- Thomas b.1886 served between 1914 and 1920 with the service number of 10029 and Albert b.1894 served between before 1914 to 1920 with the service number of 6210

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