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  • Cassop
  • Co. Durham, England
  • Cassop, County Durham
  • Son of John (coal miner) and Mary McGeorge, of Cassop, Co.Durham; six brothers: John (1862), Samuel (1866), David (1870), Joseph (1872), William (1875), Daniel (1880); one sister, Jane (1881)
  • Regular soldier and coal miner at Shotton Colliery, County Durham
  • Twice been reported as dead, during the Boer War and on January 30

Military service

  • Durham
  • 7012
  • Private
  • South African Medal, 1914 Star, British War medal, Victory Medal
  • 2nd Bn. Durham Light Infantry
  • Enlisted on the 27th December 1899, Posted to the 1st battalion Durham Light Infantry, served in South Africa during the Boer War, served in India, leaving the Colours on the 30th December 1907 mobilised August 1914. To France on 5 January 1915

Death

  • 5th August in support lines near Hooge
  • Gunshot wound to abdomen
  • 38
  • III - D - 15

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