A bit of a mystery, is George Asser. All we know is that he was 40 years old and lived with his wife Matilda in Bromley (by Bow).
His GtGrandson Rob contacted me looking for any details, and it has stumped us all, which is a shame!
George is remembered on the memorial at Arras, as he died on 18th March 1916. However, the West Ham Battalion weren't in action at this time. They were marching to the town of Bruay on 18th March.
George's name wasn't recorded in the War Diary, which is very unusual for the Battalion in 1916. Also unusual is the fact that there are three whole days missing from the War Diary, the 14th, 15th and 16th: a period during which the Battalion were in the trenches at Calonne. Very strange. Rob ordered the Death Certificate but this only tells us 'missing presumed dead'.
Two days after George's death, leave for the Hammers battalion commenced, their first since hitting French soil.
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George was my Great grandfather and I have been searching for information on him for a while now. I remember when I was little my Aunty telling me that George had gone missing in France and that they never found his body, so it seems that there is little to no information on his demise in France.
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