Education & Career :

John Genge, son of John Pope Genge, of Halkett Place, Jersey, was born 13th January 1885. He entered College in 1896 and remained for three years. Farmer, Jersey (1912).

Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

21 March - 4 July 1918. The Battles of the Somme in 1918 were mostly concerned with stemming the German advance which started in March 1918 and which made considerable gains in the Somme/Arras sector. Utilising surplus troops which had become available following the surrender of Russia after the October Revolution, the Germans gambled on a massive campaign that could win the war in the west before the USA could bring its resources to bear. Initial gains were in places spectacular but eventually dogged resistance coupled with supply problems and sheer exhaustion closed down the battle. Other attacks were launched along the front to probe the Allied defences but the same pattern of initial gains followed by stalemate prevailed. British casualties were almost 345,000.

Detail :

[Victoria College Book of Remembrance] He then went out to Canada, and at the beginning of the war volunteered for service and joined the Canadian Mounted Rifles. After service in France he was given a commission in The York and Lancaster Regiment He was severely wounded at the beginning of the great German offensive of 1918, and died in a Field Hospital on 24th March 1918.

Jersey Evening Post - 23 August 1918 - "Roll of Honour. The local friends and acquaintances of Lieutenant John Genge will regret to learn that he died in a Field Hospital on 24 March last of wounds received in action. The deceased gallant officer, who was in his 33rd year, was the son of the late Mr John Pope Genge of Halkett Place and was educated at Victoria College from 1896-99, he afterwards left for Canada and at the outbreak of war was one of the first volunteers in the Canadian Mounted Rifles. After serving in France he was granted a commission and was gazetted to the York & Lancaster Regiment. We tender the relatives our heartfelt condolences."

See also: The Channel Islands and the Great War

Masonic :

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• The (UK) National Archives
• Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
• ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

• Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
• Researcher : Bruce Littley