Name
George William Wren
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/08/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
275433
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
3rd (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME
II. F. 67.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Johns Church, High Cross, Thundridge, War Memorial, St Mary's Church Plaque, Colliers End, Not on the Ware memorials
Pre War
George was born on the 11th November 1899, in Colliers End, Herts. The son of George and Eliza Wren of Colliers End. He was Baptised on the 24th December 1899 in the Parish of High Cross, Herts.
The 1901 Census records George aged 1 living with his parents, sister, step sister and 2 step brothers, in Colliers End, Standon, Herts. His father was a general labourer. In 1911 George was at school and living with his parents, 2 brothers and 2 sisters, in Colliers End, Herts. his father was recorded as a road man. George was reported in the Herts & Essex Observer to have been working in a nursery at Enfield before he enlisted. George enlisted in Whitehall and at the time was recorded as living in Ware.
Wartime Service
Formerly with the 2nd/1st Battalion, London Regiment, (Royal Fusiliers) and then the 2nd/3rd Battalion, London Regiment, (Royal Fusiliers), with the service number 656450.
He arrived in France on the 10th June 1918. The 2nd/3rd Battalion along with the 2nd/1st were absorbed and became the 3rd Battalion, London Regiment, (Royal Fusiliers). On the 24th June 1918, George joined the 3rd Battalion with the new service number 275433. He was reported missing in late August, and later confirmed as having died.
Additional Information
CWGC Inscription Reads, “Son of Mrs G. Wren, of 53 Colliers Road, Ware, Herts.”
It seems likely that this are related to the other Wren family in Colliers end, whose son Alfred was also killed in WW1
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne, Pat Bird
