246795 Bmdr. George Henry Heath MM.British Army 176th Brigade, 235 Battery Royal Field Artillery from:Leicester George Heath was born at Leicester on 15th April 1892, the son of Henry and Mary Elizabeth Heath (nee Goodman). After leaving school he became a shoe hand. He married Charlotte Mary Goodman at Leicester Register Office on 8 November 1913 and they initially lived at Asfordby Street, Leicester.
He joined the 176th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery at Leicester on 15th of June 1915 and received the number 32235. Assigned to the 235th Battery, he was a Bombardier and driver with the said unit.
He underwent an operation for varicose veins at Frensham Hill in February 1919, and following the success of that operation he was transferred on 6th April 1919. Transferred to Class Z Army reserve on 2nd May 1919 and subsequently discharged. Returning to Leicester and 3 Ullswater Street, he was awarded the Military Medal on 19th August 1919 (received 24th February 1921).
As of 1939 he was still at 3 Ullswater Street, Leicester, and employed as a tramway conductor. He died at Leicester in 1973, having had three sons with Charlotte, namely Henry Alfred (b.1914), George Arthur (b.1916) and John Edward (b.1922). I am conducting research on behalf of a Mr. John Heath of Wigston, Leicester, a kinsman of George.
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