Private 18879 George Henry MESSENGER
Private 18879 George Henry Messenger{gallery}Pte G H Messenger{/gallery}8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment)
Died while a POW in Hassel, Germany, 19th July 1918,
- Buried: Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany. Grave V.J.7
- Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
- Son of Francis and Charlotte Messenger
- Husband of Florrie Messenger [nee Hudson – now Stewart]. Married Chilvers Coton 12 May 1913
- NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments
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Military, Census and Family History Information
- Born 17 Sep 1886 at Lambeth, Surrey
- Lived at 174 Portland Street, Walworth, London [1911]
- Lived at 2 Wheatsheaf Yard, Nuneaton [1914]
- Employed as a carman [1911]
- Employed as a general labourer [1914]
- Originally enlisted at Coventry on 13 Aug 1914 with the RWR then Welch Regiment. Discharged as Unfit on 2 Apr 1915
- George seems to have re-enlisted with the Royal Fusiliers in London on an unknown date
