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27257 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
George Chinery was born in 1895 in Acton near Sudbury, one of five children of George Frederick and Alice Chinery. His father was a mat weaver, his mother a horse-hair weaver and the family lived at Newman’s Green before moving to 2 Siam Terrace in Sudbury.
At the age of 15 George was employed as a domestic house boy. He enlisted in Sudbury and served with the Suffolk Regiment (formerly 3074) before transferring to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
The battalion formed part of 22nd Brigade, 7th Division. On 9 April 1917 the Allies launched their offensive at the Battle of Arras (9 April – 16 June). The Division saw action at the second attack at Bullecourt (3 – 17 May) when the Allies attempted to outflank the enemy. Although they made significant advances they failed to breakthrough. It resulted in stalemate with heavy casualties: 160,000 allied and 125,000 German soldiers killed, missing or wounded.
George died aged 22 on 4 May 1917. There is no known grave and he is remembered on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
A Cross of Remembrance was laid at the Arras Memorial in March 2007 and October 2011.
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