WW1 Casualty: Private 35597 George Wagstaff - Private 35597 George Wagstaff
| Unit/Regiment |
1st Bn., South Wales Borderers |
| Date of Death |
18/04/1918 |
Age at Death |
20 |
Burial/Memorial
& Reference |
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
VII E 2 |
| Census Details |
1901 Census -
No 2 House, Saggersons Court, Prescot, was the home of James Wagstaff, a 40 year old coal miner, his wife Mary, 30, and children William (7), Mary (6), George (4) and 6 month old Peter
1911 Census -
The Wagstaff family were now living at 22, Navigation Street, Leigh. George was 14 years old and worked as a Wire Worker at the electric Cable Works |
| Birth/Marriage/Death Registrations |
Birth registered Q2/1897, Prescot, 8b, 691 |
| SDGW - Where Born |
Prescot, Lancs |
| Enlisted |
Leigh, Lancs |
| How Died |
Killed In Action |
Theatre of War |
France & Flanders |
| Notes |
Research ongoing |
| Research Ref. No. |
P284 |
Service DetailsFormerly 28432 Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Brother of William Wagstaff. Next door neighbour of Richard Renshall.
The battalion was relieved from the line on the 6th April 1918 and taken to billets at BEUVRY. They were roused by the sound of shelling on the evening of the 9th. This was the start of the German assault on the line from LA BASSEE CANAL to ARMENTIERS. The Battalion was to be rushed into the line along the La Bassee Canal.
The pictures below show the headstone of Pte George Wagstaff at Cabaret Rouge Cemetery, pictured by M. Aurel Sercu on Friday 24th April 2009. Pte Wagstaff's grave is in the front centre of the second picture, and second from the left in the final picture, which also shows Notre Dame de Lorette Cemetery on the far horizon.
George Wagstaff's Medal Index Card. His medal entitlement was to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. The lack of a "Theatre of War" note and no "Star" award indicates that he did not go overseas before 1916.
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