Private 648314 George Edward LOUD
Private 648314 George Edward Loud, BA{gallery}Pte G E Loud{/gallery}A Company, 20th Battalion, London Regiment
Died of pneumonia at Bottrop Camp Reserve Hospital, Prussia, Germany, 27th June 1918 aged 37
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- Born 5th April 1881 at Stoke-on-Trent
- Educated at Hanley Higher Grade, School; Denstone College, Stafford and Jesus College, Oxford
- Housemaster and maths teacher at Royal Masonic School for Boys, Bushey, Herts
- Ordained as deacon in 1906
- Lived at St Chad’s College, Denstone, Uttoxeter, Staffs [1901]
- Lived at Royal Masonic School, Bushey, Herts [1911]
- Employed as a secondary school master and school chaplain [1911]
- Enlisted at Watford in Dec 1916
- Circumstances of George’s Death. George was taken prisoner on 8 Mar 1918 and contracted pneumonia at Munster POW camp, Westphalia before being transferred to Bottrop Camp Reserve Hospital where he died. His remains were moved from that camp cemetery to Cologne Southern Cemetery, now administered by the CWGC. Charles Gamble, BA,, BSc wrote of George, His acts bespeak his character: genial, generous, just, of rare mettle. He was held at his school in more than usual affection by his colleagues and boys. In house and classroom, on the playing field and in his study, he spoke and lived the life he preached. He was a scholar of many parts, a fine athlete and a charming companion.
