GEORGE THOMAS WOOLRICH 

George Thomas WOOLRICH
Rank: Private
Service Number:26434.
Regiment: D Company 17th (Service) Bn Manchester Regiment
Killed In Action Saturday 1st July 1916
Age 20
FromHankelow.
County Memorial Audlem and Hankelow
Commemorated\Buried Thiepval Memorial
Grave\Panel Ref: Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C.
CountryFrance

George Thomas's Story.

Born Hankelow, enlisted Crewe. Son of Thomas and Emily Susan Woolrich of Hankelow. Enlisted in the 17th (Service) Bn. Manchester Regiment on the same day as his best friends William Hobson and Richard Viggars. They were all killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Uploaded by Mark A. Potts on May 7, 2018.