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Gnr. George Henry Cartledge
Brtitish Army 175th Siege Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:3 Pleasant Row, Hyson Green, Nottingham
George Cartledge enlisted into the Sherwood Foresters Territorial Force and was posted to the 7th (Robin Hood) Battalion on 27th of April 1912. From the Roll of Honour on the front page of the Nottingham Evening Post dated 5th of August 1916, George was wounded on the 1st of July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme (the family only became aware of this in 2016). George was transferred to the Royal Field Artillery and retrained as a Gunner, later he became acting Fitter Corporal. George was finally demobilized on 15th of March 1919. He was issued with the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and the Territorial Efficiency Medal.
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