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Surname: PROCTOR
Forename(s): George
Place of Birth: Nelson, Lancashire
Service No: ---
Rank: T/Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 19th (Service) Battalion. (3rd Salford) (Pioneers)
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1918-04-17
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 54 to 60.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: GISBURN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
George Proctor was the son of Thomas and Jane Proctor, née Eyre. Thomas was born at Barrowford and Jane at Rainhill, Lancashire.
1901 Worston, Lancashire Census: Crow Hill Farm - George Proctor, aged 7 years, born Nelson, Lancashire, son of Thomas and Jane Proctor.
1911 Gisburn, Yorkshire Census: New Inn - George Proctor, aged 17 years, born Nelson, Lancashire, son of Thomas and Jane Proctor.
George was married to Margaret Fitzpatrick in 1915.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: T/Lieut George Proctor, Lancashire Fusiliers.
George is commemorated on the Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Roll of Honour.
The informal title of the 19th (Service) Bn Lancashire Fusiliers (3rd Salford) (Pioneers) was the 3rd Salford Pals.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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T/Lieutenant George PROCTOR
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Lancashire Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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03 May 1918
GISBURNE – Killed in Action
The sympathy of everyone in the district goes out to Mr. Thomas Procter, of Greystone Farm, in the loss of his only child, Lieutenant George Procter, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, who on Saturday was officially reported killed in action on April 17th. No letter had been received from Lieutenant Procter since April 16th by either his father or his young wife, to whom he wrote almost every day. The deceased officer was twenty-four years of age and was educated at Clitheroe Grammar School, Giggleswick and Manchester University. He joined the O.T.C. of the last-named in November1914, and ten weeks later was one of a selected dozen of extra smart men to be given commissions. Six months later he was gazetted first lieutenant and for a year he was engaged in lecturing to and instructing other subalterns. In June, 1916, he went to the Somme, where he contracted trench fever. His convalescent leave was extended on the death, at Easter of 1917, of his mother, who, until recent years was well known in scholastic circles in the Clitheroe district. After the funeral he returned to France and he had not been home since. He married in 1915 Miss Madge Fitzpatrick, of Burnley, and was particularly well-known in Colne, where he served an apprenticeship to engineering at Messrs. Rushworth’s crane works.
10 May 1918
Lieutenant G. Procter, Gisburne
Lieutenant George Procter, Lancashire Fusiliers, killed, was the only son of Mr. Thomas Procter, of Greystones, Gisburne. He was 24, and was educated at Clitheroe, Giggleswick, and at Manchester University, joining the O.T.C. there. He served an apprenticeship to engineering at Colne.
04 July 1919
PEACE SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'CRAVEN HERALD' – CRAVEN'S FALLEN OFFICERS: LIEUTENANT GEORGE PROCTER
Lancashire Fusiliers, only son of Mr. Thos. Procter, Greystones, Gisburn, aged 24 years. Killed in action April 17th, 1918.
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03 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Gisburn Solder Killed
The sympathy of everyone in the district goes out to Mr. Thomas Procter, of Greystone Farm, Gisburn, in the loss of his only son, Lieut. George Procter, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, who on Saturday was officially reported having been killed in action on April 17th. The deceased officer was 24 years of age, and was educated at Clitheroe Grammar School, Giggleswick and Manchester University. He joined the O.T.C. of the last-named in November, 1914, and ten weeks later was one of a selected dozen of extra smart men to be given commissions. Six months later he was gazetted first lieutenant, and for a year he was engaged in lecturing to and instructing other subalterns. In June, 1916, he went to the Somme, where he contracted trench fever. His convalescent leave was extended on the death at Easter of his mother, who until recent years was well-known in the scholastic circles in the Clitheroe district. After the funeral he returned to France, and he has not been home since. He married in 1913 Miss Madge Fitzpatrick, of Burnley, and was particularly well-known in Colne, where he served an apprenticeship to engineering at Messrs. Rushworth’s crane works.
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