World War 1
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Geoffrey Matthew George Culley
Forename(s):
Geoffrey Matthew George
Surname:
Culley
Initial(s):
G M G
Service Number:
Officer
Rank:
Captain
Regiment:
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 11th (Service) Battalion (Lewisham)
Died:
15/09/1916
Aged:
33
Buried:
Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers
Service History:
Before the war, served for some years in the Durham Militia.
The UK, WW1 Service Medals & Awards Rolls, 1914-1920 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) records Culley first disembarked on 12 May 1915 at which time he appears to have been serving with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th (Service) Battalion. As such, he was awarded the 1914-15 Star.
Badly wounded in September 1915. After recovery, returned to the Western Front in June 1916 having transferred to the Royal West Kent Regiment.
(Source: findagrave.commemorial56180303geoffrey-matthew_george-culley)
Background:
Born about 1883, at Kirknewton, near Wooler, Northumberland, the son of Matthew & Eleanor Jane Culley (née Darling; of Chatton, Northumberland), of Coupland Castle, Wooler.
Educated at Cheltenham.
Husband of Elizabeth Frances Culley (née Twynam; of Soberton, Hampshire), of Colscombe, Dorset. They had a son, Geoffrey, born on 27 September 1916, at Wardour, Wiltshire.
(Source: findagrave.commemorial56180303geoffrey-matthew_george-culley)
The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) lists Culley's Executor as the Reverend Matthew Culley, presumably his father.
Local Memorial:
Kirknewton War Memorial
Kirknewton, Plaque in St. Gregory the Great's Church
Semley War Memorial, Wiltshire (St. Leonard's Churchyard
Semley, Baptist Chapel Memorial Plaque
Soberton, Hampshire (St. Peter's Church)
(Source: For Semley & Soberton, finda
