Notts Free Press, 27th September 1918
BATH G.
George Bath M.M.
Private 13920
1st Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment
Notts Free Press, 27th September 1918
George Bath died on Saturday 24th August 1918, Age 36, and was commemorated on the VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
He was born c1881 at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, and was the son of William & Rebecca Bath. William Bath was a Brickmaker, who married Rebecca Allsop at St Mary, Sutton, in April 1865. They were both natives of Sutton. In 1901, George Bath was recorded as a Colliery Pony Driver.
Prior to enlistment, his home address was 1 St. Peters Square,
Forest Side, Sutton-in-Ashfield. He was the uncle of George
Simms and Richard Simms, who are also remembered
on the Sutton War Memorial.
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George Bath was awarded
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Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Bath, Private George. M.M.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
Lincolnshire Regiment’
BATH
George. Born Sutton, Notts, enlisted
Mansfield (resides Sutton, Notts). 1st Bn.,
Lincolnshire Regt, Private 13920,
Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 24th August 1918.
Research by Heather Faulkes
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