Name
George Petchey
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/03/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
325046
Lancashire Fusiliers
1st/8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
The Church of St Mary the Virgin Memorial, Albury
Pre War
George was born in 1898 in Albury, the son of Thomas and Selina Petchey of Albury Lodge cottage, where in 1901 his father was recorded as a workman on a farm with cattle. In 1911 he was still living with his parents, but his father's first name was given
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Bedford, into the Cambridgeshire Regt (service number 330919), but later transferred to the Lancashire Fusiliers.
Additional Information
After his death he was recorded as the son of Thomas and Selina Petchey, of Albury Lodge Cottage, Hadham, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
