246417 Pte. George Tolmie British Army 1/5th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment (d.25th July 1918) My grandfather, George Tolmie of the 1/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in action at the Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge on the 25th of July 1918. CWGC shows his death as 27th July 1918 and not the 25th.
After the end of WW1 Georges widow, Elsie, married again to James Crofts from Sheffield. They went on to have three children, my mother Marion and two sons, Jim and Reg.
Jim was hit in the back by a piece of shrapnel at Dunkirk, was rescued and spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. He was serving in The Black Watch.
Reg served in the Recce Regt, landed on D Day +1 and went right through to Berlin without a scratch.
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