George David's Story.
Twenty-year-old George David Rudge, 2nd Lieutenant, was killed in action on 25th April 1951. He has no known grave but is commemorated on the UN Wall of Remembrance, Pusan, Korea, and on the war memorial in Mellor. His name is engraved on the family headstone at St Thomas's Church in Mellor, near Stockport.
George was the only son of Revd George Thomas Rudge (1900 - 1968) and his wife Ivy McPherson (1899 - 1950). He was born on 3rd August 1930 at Whitwell, where his father was curate. By September 1939, nine year old George was living with his parents and elder sister Jean Elizabeth Batterly Rudge (1928 - 1988) at The Vicarage, Station Road, Shardlow, in Derbyshire.
George enlisted into the Army, into the Cheshire Regiment, attached Royal Northumberland Fuseliers. A draft of Royal Fusiliers were posted to the Gloucester Regiment and fought at Gloster Hill in 1951. One newspaper account refers to George having been in the Gloucester Regiment.
George's mother Ivy died on 3rd June 1950, and his sister Jean married Hugh Stanley Astle Wallis (1924– 2002) on 21st February 1951.
In Korea, George was serving with the United Nations forces. We do not have exact details of where and when he died, but it is likely that he was killed during the Gloster Hill battle, also known as the Battle of the Imjin River. This took place on 22nd - 25th April 1951, and was a significant engagement during the Korean War. The Gloucestershire Regiment, part of the 29th Infantry Brigade, fought bravely to defend Hill 235, which became known as Gloster Hill. Despite facing a numerically superior enemy, the regiment held their positions for three days, ultimately allowing UN forces to retreat to prepared defensive positions north of Seoul.
George's name was added to the War Memorial in Mellor.
George was the only son of Revd George Thomas Rudge (1900 - 1968) and his wife Ivy McPherson (1899 - 1950). He was born on 3rd August 1930 at Whitwell, where his father was curate. By September 1939, nine year old George was living with his parents and elder sister Jean Elizabeth Batterly Rudge (1928 - 1988) at The Vicarage, Station Road, Shardlow, in Derbyshire.
George enlisted into the Army, into the Cheshire Regiment, attached Royal Northumberland Fuseliers. A draft of Royal Fusiliers were posted to the Gloucester Regiment and fought at Gloster Hill in 1951. One newspaper account refers to George having been in the Gloucester Regiment.
George's mother Ivy died on 3rd June 1950, and his sister Jean married Hugh Stanley Astle Wallis (1924– 2002) on 21st February 1951.
In Korea, George was serving with the United Nations forces. We do not have exact details of where and when he died, but it is likely that he was killed during the Gloster Hill battle, also known as the Battle of the Imjin River. This took place on 22nd - 25th April 1951, and was a significant engagement during the Korean War. The Gloucestershire Regiment, part of the 29th Infantry Brigade, fought bravely to defend Hill 235, which became known as Gloster Hill. Despite facing a numerically superior enemy, the regiment held their positions for three days, ultimately allowing UN forces to retreat to prepared defensive positions north of Seoul.
George's name was added to the War Memorial in Mellor.