Trafford

1911 Census - 97 Oakfield Street, Altrincham.      Head - Married - aged:
36 - occ: House Plumber - born: Sale.   Also - Rosetta Gregory - Wife -
aged: 30 - born: Retford, Nottinghamshire.   Plus their 2 young children -
Gregory George Gregory - aged: 4 and Irene - aged: 6 months, both born
atAltrincham.

Employed as a Plumber by Mr. Thomas Furness, Altrincham.

Altrincham Guardian states that he was a war reserve and joined the 1st Bn
Cheshire Rgt and was drafted to France on the 26/09/1914, but his MIC
states that he was drafted to France on the 11th January 1915.    The MIC
more likely to be accurate.    Awarded the Victory Medal, the BWM and the
1915 Star.

The 14/05/1915 edition of the local newspaper carried an article on him
with the heading SOLDIERS THRILLING EXPERIENCE.  It was about a letter that
he had sent home say that there were about 100 of them (1st Cheshires) when
they came out and that you can now count them on one hand.  He refers to an
incident where a German shell blew down the parapet of the trench he was in
and he was partly buried, another shell killed two of his mates.   He
writes that a bullet had gone through his valaise and became stuck in his
belt. At the time of writing he had been in the trenches for 18 days and
there had been constant shelling for over a week, with 500 - 3 inch to 17
inch shells passing over them each day.    He was pleased that the Royal
Engineers had blown a mine (though he didn't call it that) or "blown up a
hill 10 days ago" (presumably, around the end of April) it had rocked the
ground from half a mile away.

Kia by a hand grenade explosion, near Bray, France.]]]]]]]   Death reported
in the 24/12/1915 edition of the Altrincham Guardian.

Commemorated on the private family gravestone in Hale Cem.

His father, George died 03/01/1906 aged 58 years and his mother, Ann died
13/11/1918 aged 71 years.

His brother, Fred Crossland Gregory also died on active service.  Another
brother, Corporal George Gregory, Sinderland Rd, Broadheath was training at
Oswestry.

Listed in the Guardian Year Book - Roll of Honour for 1917.