Thank you to Molly Worsfold and Tim Dumas from St. Bartholomew Church in Leigh for allowing Dorking Museum to reproduce their research.
George Weller was born in Leigh in 1880, the son of George Weller. He probably went to school in Leigh in about 1887 when the school was near the Church, the Plough and the village pump.
He may well have served almost the whole war in the 1st Battalion, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment and was killed in action on 16th April 1918.
He was married to Lucy Jane, and left a small son then living at Mynthurst, Leigh. Lucy remarried after the war to Mr. Parsons and lived in Laurel Cottage, Leigh.
Born | Leigh, Surrey | |
Lived | Leigh, Surrey | |
Son of | George Weller of Oak Cottage, Bellfield Avenue, Harrow Weald | |
Husband of | Lucy Jane Weller of 2, Laurel Cottage,Leigh | |
Regiment | 1st Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment | |
Number | G/37961 | |
Date of Death | 16th April 1918 | |
Place of Death | Belgium | |
Cause of Death | Killed in Action | |
Age | 38 | |
Memorial | Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium |