WAR MEMORIALS IN THE PARISH OF NORTHOP
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
Name George Henry Williams
Regiment 10th Btn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Lance Corporal 15403
Military Cemetery/Memorial Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord)
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial 11.D.84
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded The British War Medal 1914-1920 Victory Medal 1914-1919 The 1914-15 Star
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in Action at St Eloi, by gas poisoning but he 'served his gun till the enemy was repulsed'. 30th April 1916.
Biographical Details Known
George was born in 1893. In the 1901 census he was 8 years old and lived in Fron Fownog, Sychdyn. His father was Thomas (a coalminer) and his mother was Mary. He had at that time one sister Annie who was 10 and a little brother Thomas who was 6.
George was a collier before he enlisted and he entered his first theatre of war on 27th September 1915 and served in the machine Gun Section of the RWF for one year and 7 months.
George's sister Annie married John Herbert Marsh who was also killed in the war and who has his own page on this website
Regiment 10th Btn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Lance Corporal 15403
Military Cemetery/Memorial Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord)
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial 11.D.84
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded The British War Medal 1914-1920 Victory Medal 1914-1919 The 1914-15 Star
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in Action at St Eloi, by gas poisoning but he 'served his gun till the enemy was repulsed'. 30th April 1916.
Biographical Details Known
George was born in 1893. In the 1901 census he was 8 years old and lived in Fron Fownog, Sychdyn. His father was Thomas (a coalminer) and his mother was Mary. He had at that time one sister Annie who was 10 and a little brother Thomas who was 6.
George was a collier before he enlisted and he entered his first theatre of war on 27th September 1915 and served in the machine Gun Section of the RWF for one year and 7 months.
George's sister Annie married John Herbert Marsh who was also killed in the war and who has his own page on this website
The County Herald 12th May 1916
George is also commemorated on a family gravestone in Northop Churchyard as follows.
In Loving Memory of Mary
Beloved Wife of Thomas Williams
of Soughton
died Nov 5th 1917 aged 58
Also George Henry
Son of the above killed in
action and buried in France.
April 30 1916
Age 22 yrs.
Rest in Peace
Also the above named
Thomas Williams
died 8th June 1934 aged 81 years.
Peace at last.
Beloved Wife of Thomas Williams
of Soughton
died Nov 5th 1917 aged 58
Also George Henry
Son of the above killed in
action and buried in France.
April 30 1916
Age 22 yrs.
Rest in Peace
Also the above named
Thomas Williams
died 8th June 1934 aged 81 years.
Peace at last.
In memoriam notice for George H Williams a year after his death. County Herald 27th April 1917
The County Herald 26th April 1918
Northop Parish Magazine June 1916
It is with much regret hat we write of the loss of our sidesman, Mr George Williams a non commissioned officer of Quarry Cottage, Soughton who had been at the front in France for many months, we are informed died from the effects of gas. He was in charge of a Maxim Gun and at the time engaged in repelling a German attack. His Commanding Officer in a letter to his parents speaks in the highest terms of Williams's gallantry, who stuck to his post to the end. He died on his way to hospital. He is the second of our church lads from Sychdyn to give his life for his country