Private George Ernest Deacon, 10/18720

  • Batt - 9
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Section - "b" Company
  • Date of Birth -
  • Died - 18/08/1916
  • Age - 20

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of George Elliott and Florence Deacon. The War Diary entry for the 18th August 1916 records. TRENCHES, ARRAS. The Battalion relieved the 12th NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS in trenches 81 – 88. Relief complete by 12.00 noon without casualties. Trenches extend from R. Scarpe on south (G.17.d.10.10.) to G.11.d.9.0. Sheet 51B. NW1.

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Burial Place - Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, I.F.25., France
  • Enlisted - Leicester
  • Other Memorials - St Barnabas' Church WW1 Reredos
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Burial Commemoration - Faubourg-d'amiens Cem., Arras, France
  • Born - Leicester
  • Enlisted - Leicester
  • Place of Residence - 18 Victoria Road East, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  • Memorial - ST. BARNABAS'S CHURCH, LEICESTER

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