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Rank : Lance Corporal

Army Number : 6548

Unit : 1st Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Dunton Bassett. Awarded 3rd Class Certificate of Education, 1906. Later employed at the British Thomson Houston Co Ltd., winding department Rugby. Enlisted Leicester. Served with the 1st Bn during World War One. Killed in France and Flanders campaign 28.4.1915. He is buried at Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, Nord, France.

In 1891 he was aged 6 and at home with his parents William (Labourer) and Mary Ann Webb (nee Crane) in Dunton Bassett, with siblings Emma aged 7, Carrie aged 4 and Leonard aged 1.
In 1901 he was boarding with Mr and Mrs Hall at 43 Lawford Road, Rugby and was working as a Labourer at the Cement Works in Rugby.
He joined the militia of the 1st Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment (Regimental number 6548) in 1902, aged 17, having signed up for 12 years. In 1905 his military record states he was fit for India.
However by 1911, aged 26, he was back living with his parents and younger brothers Alfred, aged 14 and Lewis, aged 10, and was working as a Bricklayers Labourer.
He married Carrie in 1912 and had two children, one of whom was born after his death. He was working in the winding department of BTH when called up in August 1914, again into the 1st Battalion of The Leicester Regiment.

On 19 August 1914 the Battalion moved to Cambridge and left for France landing at St Nazaire on 10.9.1914. In the Spring of 1915 it appears George was involved in the action of Bois Grenier, which was a diversionary attack coinciding with the Battle of Loos. On 28.4.1915 George was killed, aged 30.

A report of George Webb’s death was published in the Rugby Advertiser on 1 May 2015 stating that Lance Corporal G Webb was killed by the bursting of a shrapnel shell in his trench on Wednesday afternoon April 28th. Death was stated as instantaneous. He served 8 years in the Army, five of which were in India and four in reserve.
Following his death his wife was delivered of his effects, listed below, and later his War and Victory Medals.

1 I Disc
2 photos, 1 purse
English money one half crown
farthing
French money 64 cents
1 watch (glass broken)
1 shilling stamp
1 four penny stamp

From November 1915 Carrie Webb was granted a pension of 18/6 per week for her and her two children.

CWGC:

Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 6548
Date of Death: 28/04/1915
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: C. 27.
Cemetery: Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER
Additional Information: Son of William and Mary Ann Webb, of Dunton Bassett, Rugby; husband of Carrie Webb, of 16, Adams St., New Bilton, Rugby.

Date of Birth : c1885

Place of Birth : Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire

Date of Death : 28.4.1915

Place of Death : France

Period of Service : 1900s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : India, France and Flanders