Basic Details
Surname
Plant
Forenames
George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14012
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 9 New Road, Werrington, and that he was entitled to the 1914-1915 Star medal. His brothers Henry and William also died in WW1 and are named on the Roll of Honour.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal George Plant, regimental number 14012, died on 14/7/1916 serving in 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial in France. The Medal Rolls record that he was sent to France on 26/7/1915. Soldiers Died in the Great War record him as a native of Castor who enlisted in Peterborough, and that he died of wounds. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects likewise record that he died of wounds, and that his mother Mary was his legatee. On the 1911 census he was aged 18, living with his parents William and Mary in Church Street, Werrington; his place of birth was given as Peterborough. His birth had been registered in the Peterborough District in 1893).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
6th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
July
Day of death
14
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action on the Somme
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
9, NEW ROAD WERRINGTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial