George Tatler

A Gunner with 51 (Midland) Medium Regiment, George died on 23rd of June 1944 aged 32. 

George was born at Tunstall, Staffordshire, on 20 December 1911, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ann Tatler. In 1921 his family lived at 12 Watergate Street, Tunstall.

In 1934 George married Ida Dorothy Jones, this was registered in the Mutford district. By 1939 they were living at 69 Waveney Crescent and George was a salesman. 

George enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1940 and served with the 51st (Midland) Medium Regiment. George’s regiment arrived in North Africa in December 1942 and then moved to Italy in September 1943. 
George had heart problems and was treated at hospital near Cairo, Egypt, where he died from aortic incompetence (regurgitation). 

George's brother-in-law, Eric Jones, served with the Royal Norfolk Regiment and died in 1943.