George Robert Craig (MC)

Name

George Robert Craig (MC)

Conflict

First World War

Date of Death / Age

19/08/1917
19

Rank, Service Number & Service Details

Lieutenant
East Lancashire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps

Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards

Not Yet Researched
Military Cross

Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country

DARWEN CEMETERY
B. 201.
United Kingdom

UK & Other Memorials

Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath

Pre War

Born on 31 Aug 1897 at Wolsingham, Durham son of Dr. John and Mrs. Sarah Ann (Pattison) Craig later of Dunkeld, Darwen, Lancashire. Educated at Haileybury College 1911-14.

Wartime Service

Formerly Private 4716 Royal Fusiliers, he entered Alexandria on 1 Dec 1915. He then obtained a commission in the East Lancashire Regiment and was attached to the Royal Flying Corps. Accidentally killed on Service in Ilford, Essex.

Acknowledgments

Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour