This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 G. F. Geleit (George Frederick Geleit) (Geleit, George Frederick) Service no B/200790 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 13th Battalion Killed in action age about 33 on 29 May 1917 Remembered at Arras Memorial Information from the censuses George Geleit was 3rd generation German, his grandfather, August Geleit, having emigrated to London some time before 1871. In 1911 George Geleit, who was born in Bermondsey, was 27 and married to Clara, aged 25, from Walworth. They had two young children they had named after themselves: George, 2, and Clara, 1, both born in Brixton. The family lived in 2 rooms at 87 Hackford Road. George described himself as a "housekeeper". Geleit means escort or convoy in German. The 1871 census shows an August Geleit, 46, a tailor, and Caroline (possibly Christina) Geleit, 32, both born in Germany living with their 5 children (including a 14-year-old George Geleit) at Houghton Street, Westminster. August died in 1887. The 1891 shows Annie Geleit, a 30-year-old widow from Bermondsey, living with her 3 sons, including George Geleit, 7, at 26, Russell Street, in north Brixton. |
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George Frederick Geleit |