Webster, George Park
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Biography: Son of William Webster, engineer ; born Aberdeen, 22 January 1898 ; educated Gordon's College, which he left in June 1915, having gained the Town Council Gold Medal as Dux on the Classical side ; took 5th place in the Bursary Competition, winning a Dingwall Bursary ; matriculated, October 1915, and spent one year as a student in Arts. Webster enlisted in the 3rd Battalion Gordon Highlanders, 11 July 1916, and after undergoing a period of training in Aberdeen was sent to France in March 1917, attached to the 1st Battalion. He was reported missing on 11 May and was later officially stated to have been killed on that date, 11 May 1917. A young lad of sterling character and undoubted ability he gave every indication of a future of much distinction.
Date of Death: 11 May 1917
Burial Details: Name recorded on the Arras Memorial, Panel 9, Column 2.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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