4899 Pte George Veevers, 2nd Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers

4899 Private George Veevers of the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, died of wounds on the 18th July 1915. He was born in Manchester and living in Todmorden. He enlisted at Pendleton.

George arrived overseas in May 1915. His number probably dates to August 1914. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Veevers of 3BK 259, Halifax Road, Todmorden, Yorks. He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.


At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission