Also Served: George Chorley - George CHORLEY
15 Sewell Street, Prescot Private 22621, 12th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment Born in Prescot on 16th May 1893, George was the eldest son of Mark and Ann Chorley of Sewell Street, Prescot.
George attested to the army on 12th December 1915 at Warrington. He was 22 years old, single and worked as a Bricklayer. His father, Mark, of the same address was listed as Next of Kin.
He was mobilised on 25th January 1916 but on 31st March that year he was transferred to the 11th Bn., King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment as Private 22621. With KORL, he went to France from Southampton on 3rd June 1916. He was appointed to Lance Corporal then Corporal before being promoted to Sergeant on 4th July 1917.
George transferred to the 8th Battalion of the Regiment on 5th February 1918. A few weeks later in the great German Spring Offensive, George was posted 'Missing' (29th March 1918). He was soon reported as a Prisoner of War and remained in captivity until 26th December 1918.
An extract from German Prisoner of War records, showing George Chorley. Located and provided by John Yates
After being freed from captivity, he was attached to the Border Regiment at Carlisle for duty and remained in the army until 28th October 1919. He was finally demobilised on 29th November 1919.
George was entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
He married Elizabeth Parry in Prescot in 1929 and the 1939 National Register (below) showed them at 26 Beaconsfield Street, with George working as a Brick Layer
George died in Prescot in 1969, aged 76.
Ref. No.: A0276
|
