Name
George Bryant
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/11/1916
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
26216
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Ashwell Village Memorial,
St Mary’s Church Roll of Honour, Ashwell
Wartime Service
190 Brigade. 63 Division (Royal Naval). The Regiment landed at Le Havre on the 25th July 1916 and went straight to the front line on the Somme. He was killed in an assault on the village of Beaucourt during the Battle of the Somme. The attack began at 06.
Additional Information
Son of Benjamin Bryant, of Victoria Cottage, Ashwell, Baldock, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
