Service Details
Name:
 MEDLICOTT
Given Name:
 GEORGE HERBERT
Initials:
 G H
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-10-15
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Date of Birth:
 1885-06-06
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. On the 14th October, the B Coy took The Pimple and a considerable part of the German communication trench. The B Coy was relieved by the A Coy in the night of the 15-16th October. The casualties of the 3rd S.A.I. amounted to 38 men.
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 1 June 1917 pg. 5430
Additional
Information:
Son of James Edward and Margaret (nee Davidson) Medlicott. Brother of Helen Medlicott, of London, England. Born Dunmurry County Kildare, Ireland. Employed with Chamber of Mines. Served with the Natal Mounted Police in the Bambatha Rebellion 1906. Served in GSWA 1914-1915. Commemorated on the Dundee and District WWI Memorial & on marble plaque in St. Brigid's Cathedral, County Kildare, Ireland. His brother Captain Richard Medlicott OBE was taken POW at Delville Wood on 19 July 1916
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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