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In Memory of GEORGE HIORNS
Private
10607
1st Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment
who died on
Friday 4 February 1916 . Age 39.
Additional information:
10607 Private, 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 91st Brigade, 7th Division. Died of wounds Friday 4th February 1916. Age 39. The son of William and Mary Hirons, of Barford. The husband of Annie Matilda Hirons, 88 Cliffe Hill, Coventry Road, Warwick. He was born in Barford in 1876, and he enlisted in Warwick in October 1914. Before the war he was employed as a labourer. He had previously served as a regular soldier in India and South Africa. He left a widow and two sons. Buried in the Chipilly Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. He is also commemorated on the Warwick War Memorial, and a Memorial Screen, St. Peter’s Church, Barford. Holder of 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Cemetery:
CHIPILLY COMMUNAL CEMETERY Somme, France Grave
or Reference Panel Num-ber: A. 6.
Location:
Chipilly is 10 kilometres south-east of Albert and 27 kilometres east
of Amiens. From Albert, take the D42 in the direction of Morlancourt and
Moreuil. As you pass through Morlancourt, on your left there will be a signpost
indicating Bray and Chipilly. Turn left here, cross over the Dl Bray road
south to Chipilly. The Communal Cemetery lies on the left hand side of the
road with the CWGC Plots situated to the far left and the Extension to the
rear of the cemetery.
Historical Information:
The village of Chipilly was used by Field Ambulances in 1916. It was
captured by the Germans in March, 1918, and retaken in August, after a severe
struggle, by the 58th (London) Division; the Division has presented to the
commune a drinking-trough, with figures of an Artilleryman and his dying
horse, which stands opposite the Church.
Chipilly Communal Cemetery contains
a British plot, begun in August, 1915, and used until March, 1916; from
July to October, 1916, the French buried six of their soldiers in it. From
March to June, 1918, 21 German soldiers were buried in scattered graves
in the body of the cemetery; and one British soldier was buried in Row A
in April, 1918. There are now over 50, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated
in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.
Regiment, Corps etc.
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South Staffordshire
Regiment |
Battalion/etc.
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1st Battalion. |
Surname |
HIORNS |
Christian Name(s) |
George |
Born |
Barford, Warwick |
Enlisted |
Warwick |
Residence |
Barford |
Died Date |
04/02/16 |
Rank |
PRIVATE |
Number |
10607 |
Died How |
Died of wounds |
Theatre of War |
France & Flanders |
Supplementary notes |
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