George Medal.
11 Bomb Disposal Company.
Royal Engineers.
Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Gaylor: Husband of Ruth Mabelle Gaylor of Llanishen, Cardiff.
Died on the 7th August 1946. Aged 30.
Buried and Commemorated at Abney Park Cemetery.
Section N 6 Joint Grave RN 62507. Screen wall Panel 10.
Incident:
Corporal J. Fordyce, Lieutenant G. Gaylor and Sapper A. Hurley all died at this incident. Mine clearance at Rattray Head northeast Scotland.
George Medal details:
Lieutenant G.H. Gaylor had been awarded the George Medal when with 23 Bomb Disposal Company, in Belgium. When on the 6th November 1944 he worked thirty feet down in the waters of the Albert Canal at Hassault in nil visibility, on an unexploded bomb half buried in the mud. It was also covered by the tangled remains of a destroyed railway bridge.
∼Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Gaylor.
Married Ruth Mabelle Unknown of Llanishen, Cardiff.
Served in the 11 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers.
Commemorated in Abney Park on the ___ Memorial.
(Buried 13/08/1946 in a common grave with Rose Pryke, Sidney Henry Jones, Henry Charles Sydney Baker, Amy Dryden, Rose Stayton, William John Burnett Nation, David George Parrish, Richard Alexander Roberts , James Andrew Carpenter, Frederick George Butcher, Daisy Eliza Helen Taylor, Henry Robert Parsons, Alfred John Ford, Albert Edward Smith, Geoffrey James Garnish , (Stillborn) Macefield , Hannah Smith , Lilian May Beaumont , Rose Emily Small , Sophia Sarah Castleton, Charlotte Helena Joyce, George Henry Gaylor , (Stillborn) Matthews , (Stillborn) Earl, Margaret Rosina Rumford, Clara Beatrice Marriott, and William Richard Grant.
11 Bomb Disposal Company.
Royal Engineers.
Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Gaylor: Husband of Ruth Mabelle Gaylor of Llanishen, Cardiff.
Died on the 7th August 1946. Aged 30.
Buried and Commemorated at Abney Park Cemetery.
Section N 6 Joint Grave RN 62507. Screen wall Panel 10.
Incident:
Corporal J. Fordyce, Lieutenant G. Gaylor and Sapper A. Hurley all died at this incident. Mine clearance at Rattray Head northeast Scotland.
George Medal details:
Lieutenant G.H. Gaylor had been awarded the George Medal when with 23 Bomb Disposal Company, in Belgium. When on the 6th November 1944 he worked thirty feet down in the waters of the Albert Canal at Hassault in nil visibility, on an unexploded bomb half buried in the mud. It was also covered by the tangled remains of a destroyed railway bridge.
∼Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Gaylor.
Married Ruth Mabelle Unknown of Llanishen, Cardiff.
Served in the 11 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers.
Commemorated in Abney Park on the ___ Memorial.
(Buried 13/08/1946 in a common grave with Rose Pryke, Sidney Henry Jones, Henry Charles Sydney Baker, Amy Dryden, Rose Stayton, William John Burnett Nation, David George Parrish, Richard Alexander Roberts , James Andrew Carpenter, Frederick George Butcher, Daisy Eliza Helen Taylor, Henry Robert Parsons, Alfred John Ford, Albert Edward Smith, Geoffrey James Garnish , (Stillborn) Macefield , Hannah Smith , Lilian May Beaumont , Rose Emily Small , Sophia Sarah Castleton, Charlotte Helena Joyce, George Henry Gaylor , (Stillborn) Matthews , (Stillborn) Earl, Margaret Rosina Rumford, Clara Beatrice Marriott, and William Richard Grant.
George Medal.
11 Bomb Disposal Company.
Royal Engineers.
Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Gaylor: Husband of Ruth Mabelle Gaylor of Llanishen, Cardiff.
Died on the 7th August 1946. Aged 30.
Buried and Commemorated at Abney Park Cemetery.
Section N 6 Joint Grave RN 62507. Screen wall Panel 10.
Incident:
Corporal J. Fordyce, Lieutenant G. Gaylor and Sapper A. Hurley all died at this incident. Mine clearance at Rattray Head northeast Scotland.
George Medal details:
Lieutenant G.H. Gaylor had been awarded the George Medal when with 23 Bomb Disposal Company, in Belgium. When on the 6th November 1944 he worked thirty feet down in the waters of the Albert Canal at Hassault in nil visibility, on an unexploded bomb half buried in the mud. It was also covered by the tangled remains of a destroyed railway bridge.
∼Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Gaylor.
Married Ruth Mabelle Unknown of Llanishen, Cardiff.
Served in the 11 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers.
Commemorated in Abney Park on the ___ Memorial.
(Buried 13/08/1946 in a common grave with Rose Pryke, Sidney Henry Jones, Henry Charles Sydney Baker, Amy Dryden, Rose Stayton, William John Burnett Nation, David George Parrish, Richard Alexander Roberts , James Andrew Carpenter, Frederick George Butcher, Daisy Eliza Helen Taylor, Henry Robert Parsons, Alfred John Ford, Albert Edward Smith, Geoffrey James Garnish , (Stillborn) Macefield , Hannah Smith , Lilian May Beaumont , Rose Emily Small , Sophia Sarah Castleton, Charlotte Helena Joyce, George Henry Gaylor , (Stillborn) Matthews , (Stillborn) Earl, Margaret Rosina Rumford, Clara Beatrice Marriott, and William Richard Grant.
11 Bomb Disposal Company.
Royal Engineers.
Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Gaylor: Husband of Ruth Mabelle Gaylor of Llanishen, Cardiff.
Died on the 7th August 1946. Aged 30.
Buried and Commemorated at Abney Park Cemetery.
Section N 6 Joint Grave RN 62507. Screen wall Panel 10.
Incident:
Corporal J. Fordyce, Lieutenant G. Gaylor and Sapper A. Hurley all died at this incident. Mine clearance at Rattray Head northeast Scotland.
George Medal details:
Lieutenant G.H. Gaylor had been awarded the George Medal when with 23 Bomb Disposal Company, in Belgium. When on the 6th November 1944 he worked thirty feet down in the waters of the Albert Canal at Hassault in nil visibility, on an unexploded bomb half buried in the mud. It was also covered by the tangled remains of a destroyed railway bridge.
∼Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Gaylor.
Married Ruth Mabelle Unknown of Llanishen, Cardiff.
Served in the 11 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers.
Commemorated in Abney Park on the ___ Memorial.
(Buried 13/08/1946 in a common grave with Rose Pryke, Sidney Henry Jones, Henry Charles Sydney Baker, Amy Dryden, Rose Stayton, William John Burnett Nation, David George Parrish, Richard Alexander Roberts , James Andrew Carpenter, Frederick George Butcher, Daisy Eliza Helen Taylor, Henry Robert Parsons, Alfred John Ford, Albert Edward Smith, Geoffrey James Garnish , (Stillborn) Macefield , Hannah Smith , Lilian May Beaumont , Rose Emily Small , Sophia Sarah Castleton, Charlotte Helena Joyce, George Henry Gaylor , (Stillborn) Matthews , (Stillborn) Earl, Margaret Rosina Rumford, Clara Beatrice Marriott, and William Richard Grant.
Inscription
Royal Engineers
Gravesite Details
166510
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