George Edward Partridge

One of Leicestershire War Hero's

Lance Corporal George Edward Partridge

3529 1st/4th Bn Leicestershire Regiment

Who died aged 27, on 13th October 1915.

He is burried at Loos, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France.

Private, 3529, George Edward Partridge, began his service in France on the 2nd March 1915. He was later appointed Lance Corporal. On the 13th October 1915, he was just one of many men of the 1/4th Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment that were killed during the attack on on the Hohenzollern Redoubt. He was 27 years of age. He was enlisted at Leicester. He was the son of William and Hannah Partridge of 70, Wilby Place, Leicester Road, Syston, Leicestershire. He was married to Annie Partridge and was resident at Thurmaston. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial (Panel 42 to 44), France, and on the War Memorial at Thurmaston. He was posthumously awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal.