8877 Pte George Flack, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment

According to Soldiers Died in The Great War, 68 British Army officers and men died one hundred years ago today on the 16th December 1914. 8877 Private George Flack was one of these men.

George was born in Stepney and enlisted in the Lincolnshire regiment on the 1st April 1910. He was 20 years old and stood five feet, nine and three quarter inches tall. During his time with the regiment he saw service overseas in Gibraltar, then Bermuda and finally Canada, before arriving in France as a member of the 2nd Battalion on the 5th November 1914.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that George was 25 years old when he died and was the son of William Flack of 65, Artillery Street, Tower Bridge Road, Bermondsey, London, and the late Jane Flack.  He is buried in Rue Petillon Military Cemetery in Fleurbaix (above, courtesy CWGC).

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

9729 Pte Joseph Richard Fisher, 1st Bn, South Staffordshire Regt

9729 Private Joseph Richard Fisher of the 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, was killed in action on the 11th February 1915. He was born in Walsall and enlisted there in August 1914. He arrived in France on the 19th January 1915 and so had been overseas for less than a month when he was killed. He is buried in the Rue-David Military Cemetery at Fleurbaix.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War