Name
George Cyril Bozier
25 Apr 1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/09/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
18779
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Panel 4 and 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Harpenden Town Memorial, Chapel War Memorial (now in Methodist Church), Kinsbourne Green
Pre War
George Cyril was born on 25 April 1894, the son of George Bozier, a horseman on a farm, and his wife Alice Bozier (nee Swain). The family were living at Kinsborne Green, Harpenden.
Wartime Service
George joined the Bedfordshire Regiment as Private 18779 and went France on 2 Oct 1915. His medal card states 2nd Battalion so he was probably drafted as a replacement.
He was killed in action with 1st Battalion on 27 Sep 1918 during an attack on the Village of Beaucamps during the Battle of the Canal du Nord. He was among the other rank casualties of 20 Killed, 96 wounded and 20 missing. His body was not recovered and he is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial.
Additional Information
War Gratuity and arrears of £23 2s 3d was paid to his mother Alice.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild, Mary Skinner, Harpenden & District Local History
Society (www.harpenden-history.org.uk)
