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George Waite Firby   G. Firby        Sherwood Foresters - Notts & Derby cap badge

Firby Memorial

Surname Firby
Forename/s George Waite
Rank Private
Service Number 13466
DOB 1893 in Tupton
Address  
Date & place of death/details 29/1/1915 Aged 22
Shot on the 26th and died from wounds in hospital
Regiment & Unit A Company, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)
Service details France & Flanders
Military Awards?  
Married?               Children? Was engaged to a Clay Cross young lady when he listed.
Any photographs?  Derbyshire Times 6/2/15
Deryshire Courier 6/2/15
Derbyshire Times & Deryshire Courier Obituary? Derbyshire Times Obituary
Parents names Mr George & Mrs Hannah Firby
Parents address Ward Street, New Tupton in 1911.
Mrs Firby lived at Green Lane in 1915 (his father died in 1910)
Grave location or   memoria location Buried at Estaires Communal Cemetery & Extension, France.
I.F.1.
Living relatives?  
Any other information? Pre war occupation was an Assistant Chemist at the Clay Cross Gas & Coke works.
He had 2 brothers and a sister called Mary.
He was a member of the church Lads brigade.
Being a territorial soldier, he enlisted at the outbreak of war.

Campaign Medals:
1914/15 Star

 1914-15 Star		 Given the information available, it is very possible that George Waite Firby was was awarded the 1914-15 star campaign medal of the British Empire for his service in World War One.

This Star is identical to the 1914 Star in every respect except that the centre scroll bears the dates “1914- 15” and the two small scrolls bearing “Aug” and “Nov” are omitted.

He would also have received the British War Medal and Victory Medal, as it was not awarded singularly. These three medals were sometimes irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred. With Pip representing either this medal or the 1914 Star, only one of which could be awarded to a soldier, Squeak represented the British War Medal and Wilfred represented the Victory Medal.
Victory Medal

 Victory Medal		 Given the information available it is likely that George Waite Firby was entitled to the Victory medal, also called the Inter Allied Victory Medal. This medal was awarded to all who received the 1914 Star or 1914-15 Star and, with certain exceptions, to those who received the British War Medal. It was never awarded alone. These three medals were sometimes irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.

Eligibility for this award consisted of having been mobilised, fighting, having served in any of the theatres of operations, or at sea, between midnight 4th/5th August, 1914, and midnight, 11th/12th November, 1918. Women who served in any of the various military organisations in a theatre of operations were also eligible.
British War Medal

 British War Medal		 From the information available, it is very possible that George Waite Firby was entitled to the British War Medal for service in World War One. This British Empire campaign medal was issued for services between 5th August 1914 and 11th November 1918.

The medal was automatically awarded in the event of death on active service before the completion of this period.