George Philip – Baggs – Great Western Railway – Private – 09/09/1914

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Title

George Philip – Baggs – Great Western Railway – Private – 09/09/1914

Initials / forenames

George Philip

Surname

Baggs

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 1st Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

7555

Railway department

Bristol, Goods Dept

Railway job

Porter

Date died

09/09/1914

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine, November 1914, p286 and December 1914, p315

Memorial

La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial

Notes

Age 30, the son of George Baggs of Castle Square, Bristol, and the husband of Elizabeth Riches (formerly Baggs) of 5 Oxford St, Treforest, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Had worked for the GWR for just over three years.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway)

Date entered

14/12/2016

Last updated

14/12/2016

Citation

“George Philip – Baggs – Great Western Railway – Private – 09/09/1914,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 14, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/62043.