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Cpl. George Anthony Websdell
British Army 182nd Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Townend, Bishop Auckland
(d.18th Aug 1918)
George Websdell is buried close to where he fell at Marcelcave, on The Somme. He worked as a miner and was married to Lydia with a one year old son named George. He had enlisted with the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry at Bishop Auckland on the 11th of Sepetmber 1914, his medcal records describe him as being 22 years and 11 months old, 5'11" with brown hair and blue eyes. George joined the 14th Battalion and arrived in France on the 12th of September 1915.
George transfered from the 14th DLI to the 182nd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers as a Sapper for Tunnelling duties on the 21st of Feb 1916, his mining skills being required to help sink tunnels beneath enemy lines. He must have returned to England for training as George and Lydia had a daughter Violet born in May 1917, who sadly died aged just 11 months, two months before her father was killed in action.
