GREEN G A M

From Hoole History and Heritage Society

GREEN, George Alexander McKenzie

Regiment: 3 Field Sqn. Royal Engineers

Rank: Sapper

Died: 24 April 1941

Aged: 19

Buried/ Memorial: Athens Memorial, Greece

Address: 22 Clare Avenue, Hoole


Cheshire Observer 21 July 1945

HOOLE SOLDIER BELIEVED KILLED

Sapper George Alexander McKenzie Green, RE (Cheshire Rgt), son of Mr and Mrs James Green, 22 Clare Avenue Hoole, who was previously reported missing during the fighting in Greece, is now believed to have been killed. Aged 24(?), he joined the Territorials in 1939 and enlisted in the Regular Army on the outbreak of War. He was educated at Hoole and Newton Council School and was a member of All Saints Church, Hoole, and the Boys Brigade. Before joining up he was employed as a pupil apprentice by Messrs Fletcher and Co, Garden lane. Sapper Green’s father is an overseer at the General Post Office.