244024 Pte. George Leslie British Army 2nd/5th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers from:Glenavy, Co Antrim. George Leslie was born 13 Mar 1876 in Ballycessy, Co Antrim, Ireland to Andrew Leslie and his wife, Ellen nee Dobson, the 6th of 10 children. He was a member of St Aidan's Church of Ireland in Glenavy as well as the Loyal Orange Lodge. Plaques in both record his participation in WW1 as being a member of the 2/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. His name is also engraved on the Glenavy War Memorial as a Survivor.
Sometime before 1901 George moved to Scotland and from Census Records he was employed first as a Navvy in Beath, Fife, Scotland, In 1911 he is in Coatbridge, Lanark, Scotland working in the Ironworks.
It is unknown exactly when he enlisted with the Northumberland Fusiliers.
On 18th of February 1929 George died at Southern General Hospital in Glasgow from Rheumatoid Arthritis. He had never married.
George Leslie is my great uncle and this is the information that I have learned of him through my ancestry research.
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