George William Lambert
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Serjeant 3/7174
Parents: George and Lucy Lambert
Home address: 20 Longmead Street, East Twerton, Bath
Pre-war occupation: Brick Maker
Date of birth: 10/05/1884
Place of birth: Oldland, Bristol
Date of death: 30/08/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Eterpigny British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Not commemorated on a local memorial.
Age: 34
Further information:
George was born in Oldland, the son of a labourer and second eldest child of eleven with six brothers and four sisters.
George served with "C" Company, 1st Battalion Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
George's battalion mobilised to France in August 1914 where they fought in various actions on the Western Front including the Retreat from Mons, the Battles of Aisne, Messines, Ypres and The Somme. George was wounded on the 19th June 1916 and awarded a wound stripe. He was killed in action two years later during the Allied Hundred Days Offensive in the Battle of the Scarpe. The Allied Hundred Days Offensive (8 August – 11 November 1918) brought about the end of WW1 but at a cost of over a million allied casualties.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
Some information supplied by Kingswood Heritage Museum