Corporal George Ormesher, No.5 Commando kia 11/9/1942, Madagascar.

[ Photo courtesy of his nephew Tony Brodest].

George Ormesher, a Miner from Blackburn, enlisted into the East Lancashire Regiment on 12 February 1933. During the war he volunteered for special service and was attached to No.5 Commando. Corporal Ormesher was wounded in Madagascar and subsequently died of his wounds on board the hospital ship H.M.H.S. Vasna. Buried at sea. Remembered on the East Africa Memorial, Kenya. Son of Margaret Ormesher from Blackburn.

In Memory of 3384980 Corporal George Ormesher
East Lancashire Regiment and No.5 Commando
who died on 11 September 1942 aged 29.
Remembered with honour East Africa Memorial, Kenya.