Name
George Creek
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/01/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
241261
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
1st/5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
AMARA WAR CEMETERY
XXVI. B. 4.
Iraq
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Barley Village Memorial, St Margaret's Church Memorial, Barley,
Pre War
Born and resident of Barley, Enlisted Royston. Before the war he was employed by Ellis Wilkerson on agricultural work.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment on the 3rd September 1914 as soldier 14371. In April 1915 he was posted to France and in May was wounded.
He was brought back to England and spent eight months recovering in hospital in Nottingham. On his recovery in January 1916 he was transferred to the East Kent Regiment and was posted to Mesopotamia in February of that year.
On the 17th January 1917 George was wounded for a second time at Khadaira Bend on the Tigris River during the Battle of Kut. This time he succumbed to his wounds and died on the 27th January.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson, Adrian Pitts
