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Gnr. George Myers
British Army 125th Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Wharfedale, W. Yorks
George Myers joined up on the 1st of September 1914 when he was 18 years old. He embarked on 9th of July 1915 as part of the 125th Battery, Royal Field Artillery and was there during the Battles of the Somme, the First and Third Battles of the Scarpe, Third Battle of Ypres where they fought in The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle and The First Battle of Passchendaele. He was hospitalised with shrapnel wounds on 31st of October 1917. Between the Battle of Aras and Ypres, he returned home where he married Margaret in June 1917.
He then was part of the Royal Engineers as a sapper, he was medically discharged with sickness on 31st of January 1919. His wife gave birth to their son Robert Victor on 16th of February 1920, but three months later she sadly died. George was devastated and didn't cope well with her death. His son was adopted by Margaret's sister who lived in Guisborough, North Yorks. He returned to West Yorkshire and eventually stopped visiting his son and all contact was lost and he never got to meet his two granddaughters and seven great grand children.
