Lieutenant George Bernard Foote
King's African Rifles (Ex-Sgt RIR & 2nd Lt. Royal Muster Fusiliers)

1914-1915 Star

 

(1891-1947) - son of Wm Henry Foote and Elizabeth Marquand - he was born in Guernsey. He joined the Royal Irish Regiment from the Royal Guernsey Militia as a sergeant (no 2327) in 1914, but then transferred to the Royal Munster Fusiliers when he was commissioned in August 1915.

He fought as part of the 16th "Irish" Division until he was gassed in the trenches in April 1916 at Noeux-Les-Mines. Following a lengthy period of recuperation, he transferred to the King's African Rifles, and spent the rest of the War in Tanganyika & Nyasaland.