Friday, 11 January 2019
2149 George Grey
Constituency : Berwick-upon-Tweed 1941-44
George took over from Hugh Seely who'd been elevated to the peerage at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
George was the son of a Major-General in the Royal Engineers. He was educated at Winchester and Oxford. He was 22 on his election and serving in the war as a lieutenant. He took part in the evacuation of Dunkirk. He was the youngest MP of the century.
George's maiden speech appealed for a rise in soldiers' pay.
George was killed by a sniper in France in July 1944. He was 25. He was buried where he fell and a cross erected on the spot funded by the Commons.
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