WILLS, George

Helles, Gallipoli TurkeyCredit: CWGC

Private
2nd Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

George was born 1893 in Newport to Edward & Alice (nee TOOGOOD) WILLS who were living in Portland Street, Newport around the time of George’s death. Previously the family had lived at 2 Green Street in Newport.

George was a regular soldier having been posted to Winchester in 1911 with the 3rd Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. Having been deployed to Gallipoli, George, aged 21, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 28th of April 1915. His body was never found or identified & so George is commemorated by the Commission on the Helles Memorial to The Missing at Gallipol in Turkey alongside 20,961 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.