WAINWRIGHT George David

  • First Name(s):
    George 
    David 
  • Surname:
    WAINWRIGHT
  • Service Number:
    200672
  • Rank:

    Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    14th September 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Tehran Memorial, Iran, Panel 3 Column 1.
  • Place of Birth:
    Amblecote, Worcestershire, resident Wollaston, Worcestershire, enlisted Stourbridge, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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WAINWRIGHT George David Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge War Memorial
Wollaston St James’s Church

Further Information About WAINWRIGHT George David

George Wainwright lived at 14 Ridge Street, Wollaston, and was an early volunteer in August 1914. Before the war he had been a gas fitter at Stourbridge Gas Works. He joined the 9th (Service) Battalion of the Worcesters which was sent to Gallipoli in June 1915 and then to Mesopotamia in 1916. In three a half years’ service he was promoted to Sergeant and had been wounded three times and twice torpedoed by submarines. By September 1918 the Turkish forces had been driven out of Mesopotamia and the Worcesters, after a great feat of endurance, reached the Caspian Sea and Baku. In the last battle of the campaign on the 14th September Baku was taken with light casualties. However, one of the few killed was Sergeant George Wainwright. He was 25 years of age.

Dudley Chronicle 26th August 1916:
Pte. George Wainwright, Ridge Street, Wollaston, has been wounded in the arm, and is making satisfactory progress.
Pte. Bert Price is reported suffering from shell shock.
Prior to enlisting, both men were employed at the Borough Gas Works.

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