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242626 Pte. George Haigh Wilce British Army 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers from:Nottingham (d.27th Mar 1918) George Wilce was my mother, Dorothy's, brother. Their mother, Ruth, died in 1912, aged 50 when my mother was eight and George was thirteen. As members of a typically large family in those days he became her guardian angel while much older siblings were comparatively distant. She idolised him, which was the term she always used when telling me about him many years later, always with a tear in her eye. It is difficult to imagine the grief she experienced when, at aged nineteen, when she was only fourteen, he failed to return from France. He died on 27th March, 1918 and is buried in Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension in the Somme, eight kilometres south-west of Albert, which I have visited, although my mother, sadly, never managed it. We will remember them. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**