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Grey, G., Pte., 1917
On the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, is the name of 12300 Private George Grey, serving with the 10th (Prince of Wales’s Own Royal) Hussars, who died 11/04/1917.

Morpeth Herald 27/04/1917 carries a brief obituary:

Mr and Mrs W.A. Grey, Grange House, Morpeth, have received official news that their son, Trooper [sic] George Grey, of the Hussars, was killed in action in France on the 11th inst. The deceased was the fifth son of Mr and Mrs Grey, and would have been 22 years of age three days after he was killed. He was a bank clerk in the Morpeth branch of the London and Joint Stock Bank, and joined the Hussars shortly after the outbreak of war. He was a young man well known in Morpeth, and was greatly respected by his many comrades. Mr and Mrs Grey have four other sons in the Army.

His brothers Joseph and Robert also died in WW1.

George Grey is remembered in Morpeth on M17.01 M17.02, M17.09 and M17.29


The CWGC entry for Private Grey

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