GEORGE EDWIN CHISSELL

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Surname: CHISSELL
Forename: GEORGE EDWIN
Initials: G E
Date of Birth: 02 Apr 1890
Place of Birth: Oakley, Canford
Place of Birth Source: Parish Registers
Address: Oakley House, Wimborne
Schools attended: Wimborne Grammar School Middlesex Hospital
Employment / trade: Medical student, doctor
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Family (parents and grandparents): Parents Tom Chissell and Sarah Ridout. Grandparents Thomas Chissell (18221882) and Ellen Topp (18241888)
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Notes: George brothers Percy John, Reginald Carl and Gordon Frank Chissell also served but all survived.

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Regiment at call-up: Royal Army Medical Corps
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Rank at call-up: Captain
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Source: Parish Registers
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Other service details: Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Mentioned in dispatches 1917. Awarded Military Cross "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in tending the wounded both of his own battalion and others and organising evacuation. He worked continuously in the open for 24 hours under heavy shell and machine gun fire. When battalion relieved he remained until last man of his brigade had been taken away" Gazettes 17 Dec 1917 & 23 Apr 1918.
Other rank: Lieutenant
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Age at death: 27
Date of death: 29 Oct 1917
Regiment at death: Royal Army Medical Corps
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Rank at death: Captain
Circumstances of death: George Chissell was wounded at Gheluvelt while coming out of action at Festubert and died of wounds the next day.
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Place of death: Belgium
Location of grave: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
Position: XXI. BB. 10.
Other memorials: Named on brass plaque inside Canford Magna Church Noted in Masonic Roll of Honour Wooden Memorial in hall of Queen Elizabeth School
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