by scully » Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:10 pm
Hi Joe,
Service details of Private George Creed (27946).
He enlisted in to the Worcestershire Regiment at Worcester on the 15th Dec. 1915 (age 24 years 6 months). His occupation was a Game Keeper. He was 5 foot 10 and half inches tall.
Posted to Army Reserves on 16th Dec. 1915
Mobilised on the 11th April 1916
Posted to the 13th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment on 13th April 1916
Posted to the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment on 28th July 1916
Posted to the Depot Worcestershire Regiment on 24th October 1916
Posted to the 6th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment on 24th November 1916.
Posted to the British Expeditionary Forces Mediterranean joining the 9th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment in Mesopotamia (serving at Baghdad) on the 11th February 1917.
Transferred to Z Class on the 28th November 1919.
His wife was Prudence Violet Creed they married on the 3rd February 1914 at Wortham, Hartismere.
Home address was: The Kennels, Hagley, Stourbridge.
Hope the above helps,
Louis