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Rank : Private

Army Number : 2555

Unit : 1/5th Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Ravenstone. Enlisted at Coalville, Leics, August 1914. Served with the 1/5th Battalion during World War One. Killed in action in Belgium, 23.7.1915, aged 20. He is commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium.

George was the second son of Jacob Andrews, a journeyman painter and decorator and mother Mary Elizabeth Andrews. Brother Jake Clarke Andrews Lcpl 10124 1st Bedfordshires was killed in action on 07.11.1914 during the retreat from Mons and remembered on Le Touret Memorial, France. George remembered on Ypres (Menin Gate) memorial, panel 33. Both also remembered on Ravenstone church, Coalville, Leicestershire, war memorial.

Some information from a private source.

CWGC:

ANDREWS, GEORGE THOMAS

Rank: Private
Service No: 2555
Date of Death: 23/07/1915
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 1st/5th Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 33.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Jacob and Mary Elizabeth Andrews, of Ravenstone, Leicester. His brother Jake Clarke Andrews also died on service.

Date of Birth : 10.12.1894

Place of Birth : Ravenstone, Leicestershire

Date of Death : 23.7.1915

Place of Death : Belgium

Civil Occupation : Colliery Worker

Period of Service : 1914-1915

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France and Flanders