Private George Esmond HAGIE. 235467
Remembrance - The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War
2nd Lieutenant George Esmond HAGGIE.
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Private George Esmond HAGIE. 235467

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2nd Lieutenant George Esmond HAGGIE. 235467

9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 5207 D L I. Son of the late George Alfred and Ada E. E. Haggie. Died 2 October 1917. Aged 27.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Oxford, Resided Foxcombe (Berks).
Commemorated on Panels 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

George Esmond Haggie is listedby the CWGC and SDGW, and other records, as being a Private soldier. However, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion in June/July 1917.
Robert Coulson provides a biography of George Esmond Haggie in his Memorial Roll of Yorkshire Regiment Officers Who Died in the First World War.
A comprehenve biography of George Esmond Haggie is provided in the North East War Memorials Project website.

The photograph of Private Haggie is from the archives of Radley College, Oxfordshire, and has been kindly provided by Clare Sargent, Head of Archives at Radley College.

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