SOLDIERS IN OTHER REGIMENTS

Private William Gee, 3766

Private William Gee, 3766
12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment

Newspaper obituary:

"Private Frank Pearson of Shaw who is serving in a battalion of the Manchester regiment, has written to Mrs Baldwin of Gordon Street, Shaw, telling her that Private William Gee, of the same battalion, has been killed in action. Gee was 21 years of age and was one of two orphan brothers who had been brought up by their aunt, Mrs Ann Wildgust of 2 Duckworth Street, Shaw. He was a genial young fellow and responded to the call of his country in the first month of the war, having been in the fighting line for eighteen months before meeting his sad end. Gee was a piecer at the Fern Mill before enlisting. His brother James is also serving with the colours, being in the Seaforth Highlanders."

Medal Index Card

At the time of his death he had been promoted to Lance-Corporal.
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.

CWGC

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