CREAL, Hedley George

V Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli TurkeyCredit: Unknown

Private
2nd Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Hedley was born 1893 in Gosport, Hampshire to John Alexander & Dorcas (nee TRIBE) CREAL of Gosport, Hampshire. In 1901 & at the time of Hedley’s death his family were living at The Eagle, 32 High Street, Newport, but by 1911 Hedley was serving with the Hampshire Regiment in Aldershot.

Hedley, aged 22, was Killed in Action whilst landing from the HMT River Clyde in Gallipoli on the 24th of April 1915, & is buried in V Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli in Turkey beneath a Commission Pedestal Marker bearing the inscription: “JESU GRANT THAT WE MAY MEET THERE ADORING AT THY FEET”. Hedley lies alongside 696 First World War comrades.

Hedley is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetery

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.