Private George Blythe

Army Number : 12525

Battalion : 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire and lived at Mansfield, Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. Son of Joseph and Sarah Blythe of, The Limes, Mansfield Woodhouse. He was a coal miner at Sherwood Colliery prior to enlisting 17th August 1914 at Mansfield. He went to Gallipoli 1st July 1915 and was killed in action, 9th August 1915, in the attack at Ismail Oglu Tepe, (Chocolate Hill), Gallipoli, Turkey.

Private George Blythe

Private George Blythe article
Mansfield Reporter and Sutton Times 3rd September 1915.

Commemorated : Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 150 to 152.

Helles Memorial, Turkey.

Private George Blythe is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Yeoman Memorial Park, War Memorial, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

Yeoman Memorial Park, War Memorial, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.
Yeoman Memorial Park, War Memorial, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.