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Pte. George Leigh Massey

British Army 9th Btn. Cheshire Regiment

from:Wilmslow, Cheshire

(d.20th September 1917)

George Massey served with the 9th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment in WW1. He was killed in action during the Battle of Menin Road Ridge 20th of September 1917 aged 22 years and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium.

George had suffered a number of injuries during his service, including diphtheria, gas poisoning and a gun shot wound to his left hand. He wrote his thanks in the autograph book at Babworth Auxiliary Hospital, Retford Notts while he was recovering from the gun shot wound.



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