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G.G.R. Bott
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| Age at death: |
26 |
| Born: |
18 October 1891, West Derby |
| Full name: |
George Gerald Randall Bott |
Service, Regiment,
Corps, etc: |
South Lancashire Regiment |
| Unit, ship, etc: |
Attached to 8th Battalion, Border Regiment |
| Enlisted: |
10 September 1914, Liverpool |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Decorations: |
MC |
| War (and theatre): |
WW1(F&F) |
| Date of death: |
13 April 1918 |
| Manner of death: |
KIA |
| Family details: |
Son of Arthur T Bott (Inspector, Board of Schools) and Constance Bott, 63 Victoria Road, Fulwood, Preston. Husband of Mary Ansell Bott, 71 Beverley Crescent, Bedford |
| Residence: |
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| Home department: |
Board of Trade - Mercantile Marine Office Staff |
| Civilian rank: |
Deputy Superintendent, Liverpool |
Cemetery or
memorial: |
Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Mesen, West-Vlaanderen (V.D.29) |
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Additional information and photographs:
George Bott had been a Deputy Superintendent in the Mercantile Marine Office since 1912 and was released for army service
in September 1914, when he enlisted as Private, later Lance Corporal, in the 6th (Rifle) Bn, The King's Liverpool Regiment.
His height was 5'7", girth 34.5" and chest expansion 3.5". He served at home until going to France on 24 February 1915,
returning on 20 June 1915. He had suffered a bullet wound in the leg at Ypres on 10 June that year but was completely recovered
by November. On 14 December he was commissioned in the 3rd Bn South Lancs Regiment, later transferring to the 8th Bn Border
Regiment. He was wounded at Messines on 7 June 1917. (G G R Bott, Army Service Record, PRO, WO 339/50092)
The award of the Military Cross to Second Lieutenant Bott was announced in the London Gazette Volume I, 1918.
He is mentioned briefly in the regimental history, The Border Regiment in World War 1, published 1924: see pages 138 and 183.
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