First Name: | George | Last Name: | HART | |
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Date of Death: | 12/02/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Bermondsey | |
Rank: | Private | Unit: | Coldstream Guards2 | |
Memorial Site: | Le Touret Memorial, France | |||
Current Information:Born & Enlisted-Bermondsey
On 11th February, 1915, the 2nd Coldstream Guards of 4 Brigade, 2nd Division, left their billets in Bethune and moved into the front line for two days astride the La Bassée canal at Cuinchy.It was here on 12th February that George Hart was killed but the battalion diary gives no further information about his death. The attrition rate among British soldiers on the Western Front was on average 300 each day and 60% of these were as a result of shellfire. When not involved in an actual battle it was either shell fire or a sniper’s bullet that caused most deaths and injuries. |
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