Short biography of George Douglas Brush

• May 30, 2018 15:19:36 Thomas A. Lingner

  GEORGE DOUGLAS BRUSH

  
  

  Born 8 December 1888

  Died 15 April 1978

  Married 9 August 1924

  Home address: 5 Gordon Road, Hornsey, London

  Trade before enlistment: Solicitor's clerk

  2nd Battalion London Rifle Brigade

  Sent to France; arrived Le Havre 26 January 1917

  Regimental Employment

  Platoon Sergeant June 1915 - May 1917

  Drill Sergeant August 1917 - October 1918

  Platoon Sergeant October 1918 - January 1919

  War history

  17 May 1917 - went "over the top"

  18 May 1917 - wounded in back and head

  19 May 1917 - left by hospital train for Boulogne

  24 May 1917 - sailed to England and transferred to a Bristol hospital

  1 June 1917 - successful operation to remove shrapnel from near spine

  9 July 1917 - arrived home on furlough

  19 July 1917 - reported to Farnborough barracks

  18 August 1917 - received his personal effects from France

  He did not return to active service

  Siblings of GD Brush

  Arthur Wesley born 1884 ("Wes")

  Elsie Louise born 1886

  Herbert Stanley born 1895 ("Stan")

  
  

  Wes and Stan also enlisted and saw active service in France (as did Elsie's fiancé Jack). All survived the war although George and Wesley suffered physical and mental wounds respectively.

  
  

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• May 30, 2018 15:19:31 Thomas A. Lingner

  GEORGE DOUGLAS BRUSH

  
  

  Born 8 December 1888

  Died 15 April 1978

  Married 9 August 1924

  Home address: 5 Gordon Road, Hornsey, London

  Trade before enlistment: Solicitor's clerk

  2nd Battalion London Rifle Brigade

  Sent to France; arrived Le Havre 26 January 1917

  Regimental Employment

  Platoon Sergeant June 1915 - May 1917

  Drill Sergeant August 1917 - October 1918

  Platoon Sergeant October 1918 - January 1919

  War history

  17 May 1917 - went "over the top"

  18 May 1917 - wounded in back and head

  19 May 1917 - left by hospital train for Boulogne

  24 May 1917 - sailed to England and transferred to a Bristol hospital

  1 June 1917 - successful operation to remove shrapnel from near spine

  9 July 1917 - arrived home on furlough

  19 July 1917 - reported to Farnborough barracks

  18 August 1917 - received his personal effects from France

  He did not return to active service

  Siblings of GD Brush

  Arthur Wesley born 1884 ("Wes")

  Elsie Louise born 1886

  Herbert Stanley born 1895 ("Stan")

  
  

  Wes and Stan also enlisted and saw active service in France (as did Elsie's fiancé Jack). All survived the war although George and Wesley suffered physical and mental wounds respectively.

  
  

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