252145 Sgt. George Henry Wesson British Army 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters from:Coalville, Leics. (d.9th May 1915) Harry Wesson arrived in France on 4thof November 1914. He was killed in action on 9th of May 1915, we presume at the battle of Neuve Chapelle. He has no known grave but is mentioned on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
He is included on Roll F/1/1/91 as a Corporal. At the time of his death he was a Sergeant and was awarded the Victory Medal and British Medal. This information was gleaned from British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920.
In August 1914 his sister Nelly was widowed when her husband was sadly killed in an accident at a mine in Wales. Nelly was expecting a baby due in October of that year. The shock of the accident caused Nelly to go into early labour and her daughter (also named Nelly) was born two days later. The baby weighed less than a bag of sugar and no-one expected her to survive, but she went on to celebrate her 100th birthday in August 2014. Baby Nelly was orphaned in 1917 and brought up by her paternal grandmother.
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