Name
George Herbert Gresley Perry
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/03/1915
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
II. B. 20.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 13 Aug 1893 in Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa son of Maj. Gen. Sir Hugh Whitchurch Perry, K.C.M.G., C.B., C.S.I. (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) of A.H.Q., Simla, India and of Lady Minna Grace (Druce) Perry. Educated at Haileybury College 1906-11 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Wartime Service
Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 4 Sep 1912 and promoted Lieutenant 14 Aug 1913. He was wounded during the German counter-attack at Neuve-Chapelle on 12 Mar 1915 and died of his wounds in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne.
Mentioned in despatches (31 May 1915).
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
