George BUDD

[andrew lucas]

Trying to find information on George Budd (9256) 2nd Batt. Manchester Regiment. He Died in Dec. 1914 as P.O.W. He appears on the memorial in St. Mary's Church,  Bramshott near Liphook in Hampshire.

If anyone out there has any information on this man I would love to hear from you.
Many Thanks......
Andy.

[The Colonel]

Hi Andy, Welcome to the Forum.

2nd Battalion, Manchester Regt.
Pte. 9526 George Budd. Born Wimbledon, Surrey. Enlisted at Aldershot. Resided in Tooting, Surrey. Died of Wounds 24.11.14. in France & Flanders.

The Colonel

[tisgrannie]

Name: BUDD
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Date of Death: 24/11/1914
Service No: 9526
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: C. 2.
Cemetery: DOUAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Douai was occupied by French troops and the Royal Naval Air Service on the 22nd September, 1914, and captured by the Germans on the 1st October; it remained in enemy hands until the 17th October, 1918. The 42nd Casualty Clearing Station was posted in the town from the 28th October, 1918, to the 25th November, 1919. Douai Communal Cemetery was used during the occupation years of 1914-18 by the Germans for prisoners of war and British, French, Russian, Rumanian and Italian soldiers, as well as German soldiers were buried in it. During the 1939-45 War Douai was in British hands until the German break through in May, 1940. The 1st Corps Headquarters were at Cuincy, on the western edge of the town, from October, 1939 onwards and Douai was one of the towns from which the Allied advance into Belgium was launched early in May, 1940, only to be followed by the collapse of the French and Belgian units and the consequent withdrawal of the British element towards Dunkirk. There are now over 200, 1914-18 and nearly 50, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly 20 from the 1914-18 War are unidentified.
No. of Identified Casualties: 605

Courtesy CWGC
tisgrannie

[Wendi]

Hi Andy and a Warm Welcome to the Forum 

He's on our PoWs list but nothing more than Tis has already posted 

Have you got a photo of the Bramshott memorial? or anything else on him ...

Wendi 

[mack]

pte 9526 george budd
2nd manchesters
A.coy
enlisted.6-12-1903 at aldershot,aged 18.
occupation.labourer
born.merton,wimbledon
mother louisa lived at 1 chalet villa,hindhead,haselmere.
wife,elizabeth,114 trevellyn rd,tooting
he had one child
religion,CofE
served in india
rejoined on mobilisation,5-8-14
disembarked at st.nazaire on 11-9-14
died in hospital at st.edmond,douai 24-11-14 of a fractured thigh.
wife was informed of his death,in a letter from, Lt j.c caulfield.

mack