Name
William Purdon Geen
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
31/07/1915
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
9th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 51 and 53.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 14 Mar 1891 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales son of William Rowe and Alicia Geen. Educated at Haileybury College.
Wartime Service
He was killed in action at Ypres.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
