George Brockton
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George was born in 1897 in Farndon, Newark and was the son of George senior a farmer and his wife Lucy Elizabeth Bowker Brockton (nee Buck) Farndon, Newark. They were married in Newark in 1880 and had a total of 7 children , sadly two of whom died in infancy, all their children were born in Farndon and were Eliza Ann (Cessie) b1881, William Rippon b1852, George b1897, and Lucy Maud b1905. In the 1901 census the family are living in Farndon , George is a farmer and is living with his wife Lucy and their children , Eliza Ann, WILLIAM, Annie and George. By the 1911 census the family are still living in Farndon , George senior is still a farmer, his two eldest daughters Cessie and Annie are both teachers , his eldest son William is working on his fathers farm, George is 14 years and a scholar and a new addition to the family is Lucy 6 years of age. The family are employing 2 servants on the farm.
George enlisted at Newark in May 1916 and served with service number 46947 in the Sherwood Foresters Regiment. He later transferred to the 7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) with service number T/206932. He went out to France in June 1917 and within two months was killed in action on 10th August 1917 at Glenclose Wood, France. He has no known grave, he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) memorial.
Stained glass window, St. Peter's Church, Farndon: 'To the Glory of God and in loving memory of George Brockton. Pte Queens Royal West Surrey Regt. Second son of George and Lucy Brockton. Reported missing 10 August 1917 afterwards presumed killed on that date at Glencorse Wood, France. Aged 20 years.' The following is an extract from the Magnus School, Newark diary of the Great War:- 'Friday 10 August 1917: George Brockton, 19, of Farndon was reported missing in an attack on Inverness Copse. An Old Magnusian, he was an apprentice at Ransome’s before enlisting in May 1916 and going to France in June 1917 with the 7th Battalion Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment. His parents George and Lucy, who were farmers, were desperate to know what had happened to the sixth of their seven children. It was Friday 5 October before his family heard that Private T206932 Brockton was officially presumed to have been killed on 10 August. He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.'
