99 years after his burial Gunner George Edward Valentine Discipline, who fought on the Somme through the First World Conflict, has been recognised with a Commonwealth Conflict Graves Fee gravestone. Since his demise in 1918, he has lain in a civilian grave. George joined the Army at age 16, after mendacity about his age, and served as a gunner within the Royal Discipline Artillery. He was deployed all through France through the struggle, however after being gassed twice throughout fight he was despatched to a army hospital. There he was recognized with TB after which discharged from the Army in June 1917. Sadly, George died simply over a yr later. George was then laid to relaxation with full army honours, nonetheless, his title was not included on the register with the CWGC and due to this fact he didn’t qualify for a fee gravestone. Now, that has modified.
Interviewed on this report are Andrew Marshall, Founder, Gravesham Conflict Memorials Belief, and Gunner Discipline descendant Russell Palmer.
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