BREWER, George Henry

Wancourt British Cemetery, France Credit: Unknown

Rifleman
B Company 7th Battalion
Rifle Brigade

George was born 1891 in Newport to Frank & Fanny (nee READ) & in 1901 was living at 2 Beech Road, Newport. In 1915 he married Kate REYNARD, at the Unitarian Church in the High Street in Newport, & at the time of his death was residing at Westbury Villa, Cross Lane.

George, aged 25, was Killed in Action on the 3rd May 1917 & is buried beneath a Commission Headstone in Section 1 Row C Grave 22 of the Wancourt British Cemetery in France with 1,935 of his First World War comrades.

George is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.