George William  FEIGE

The School Arts Book - Editor: Henry Turner Bailey -- Vol VI September 1906 No. 1
Second Year (second grade)

(shows a picture of a drawing)

5 is in pencil and colored crayon, by George Feige, Webster, Mass.

1917 World War I Enlistment
Feige, George W., JR.
Enlisted January 19, 1917
Serial Number 39085
Date of Birth: March 28, 1898
Killed in Action October 2, 1918
State: R.I.
Rank: Cpl.
Company: E
U.S. Regiment: 9th Infantry, 2nd Div. Regular Army


Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963

WWI Military
Name: George W Feige Jr
Departure Date: 7 Sep 1917
Departure Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Address: 59 1/ 2 School St
Residence Place: Webster, Massachusetts
Next of Kin: Mrs George Feige
Ship: Pocohontas
Rank: Privates 1Cl
Notes: Company 'E' 9th Infantry
Search Photos: No image available

U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939
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1917 - November 20 - Two Webster Boys in Photos from War Zone Printed in Gazette
Families of Henry R. Brandes with B Battery and George Feige with Ninth U.S. Infantry Recognize Them in Official War Pictures Published in This Paper Last Friday - Brandes Shown in Y.M.C.A. Hut and Feige Resting in Camp in France

WEBSTER, Nov. 20. - Two Webster homes were gladdened by photographs from the war front in France, which appeared in The Gazette on Friday last.

One is the home of Henry Brandes, collector of taxes and veteran of the Civil War, whose son, Henry R. Brandes, is with Battery B in France. In the figure on the left, in a photo marked 'Y.M.C.A. in France, British Official,' which was on Page Four, the Brandes family and numerous friends believe they recognize their son, Henry R., and are gladdened by the thought that he is in good hands.

In a photo headed 'American Soldiers Resting in France,' a French official photo on Page Eleven, the soldier boy sitting down on the right is without doubt George Feig, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Feige of School street,...Read full story



Worcester Evening Gazette
Worcester, Massachusetts
November 20, 1917

1918 Blanc Mont
...In the Champagne District, 2—10 October it fought beside the Fourth French Army. On 3 October it seized Blanc Mont Ridge, the keystone of the arch of the main German position, advanced beyond the Ridge and, although both Hanks were unsupported, it held all its gains with the utmost tenacity, in-flicting tremendous losses on the enemy. This victory freed Rheims, and forced the entire German Army between that city and the Argonne Forest to retreat to the Aisne, a distance of thirty kilometers.

The Ninth U.S. Infantry in the World War.
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Death
Mrs. George Feige, 59 1/ 2 School street, the death of whose son was recently announced in The Telegram, received the following letter From France, this morning:

Headquarters, Co. E., 9th Infantry, October 21, 1918

Mrs. George Feige, 59 School Street, Webster, Mass.


Dear Mrs. Feige: It is with sincere regret that I must notify you of the death of your son, George Feige, of the above company, while in acton in the Medeah Farm sector about Oct. 3. Corp. Feige proved to be a brave, fearless and honorable soldier and a hero to the very end, showing wonderful individual initiative in leading the men in his command.

His name will ong live as that of a hero, by the officers and men of E. Co., 9th infantry.

Respectfully,
E. J. Thomas, 2d lieutenant, E. Co., 9th Infantry

Worcester Telegram
Worcester, Massachusetts
December 12, 1918

KILLED IN ACTION IN WORLD WAR I (CORPORAL, COMPANY E, 9TH U.S. INFANTRY)
DESCRIPTION OF 9TH U.S. INFANTRY'S ROLE IN WORLD WAR I
SOURCE: WWW.MANCHU.ORG/ LINAGE/ PAGE1.HTM

'UPON THE ENTRY OF THE UNITED STATES INTO WORLD WAR I IN APRIL 1917, THE REGIMENT WAS AGAIN CALLED TO BATTLE ON FOREIGN SOIL. IT ARRIVED IN FRANCE IN 1917 AS PART OF THE FAMOUS 'INDIANHEAD' SECOND INFANTRY DIVISION. IN EARLY OCTOBER 1917, THE MANCHUS MOVED TO THE FRONT. THE REGIMENT FIRST BECAME INVOLVED IN THE THEN STATIC WARFARE IN THE SOUS REUVROIS SECTOR. WHEN SUBSEQUENTLY MOVED TO CHATEAU-THIERRY, IT MET AND STALLED THE BOCHE PURGE ON PARIS. LATER DURING THE INVOLVED CAMPAIGN IN THE MEUSE-ARGONNE SECTOR, AND IN ONE OF THE FINAL CAMPAIGNS OF THE WAR, THE 9TH INFANTRY SUCCESSFULLY SPEARHEADED ONE OF THE MOST RECKLESS AND DARING MOVES IN THE HISTORY OF MODERN WARFARE.

AFTER CAPTURING THE EDGE OF THE BELVAL FOREST ON THE AFTERNOON OF 03 NOVEMBER 1918, THE REGIMENT IMMEDIATELY PREPARED TO CONTINUE THE SURGE INTO THE ENEMY LINES. AT 1630 HOURS, DURING AN INTENSE RAINSTORM AND UNDER...Read full story

Death
Feige, George W., Jr., Corporal; killed in action 2 October 1918 [attack on Mont Blanc]. Enl. 19 Jan 1917, R. A.; assigned to Co. E, 9th Inf., 2d Div. Overseas 7 Sept. 1917. Born 28 March 1898, at Quincy, son of George William and Charlotte Marie (Salisbury) Feige of Webster; brother of Willard S., Edward E., Helen L., Gertrude M., and Clifford. Electrician. Credited to Rhode Island.


Report of the Commission on Massachusetts' Part in the World War - the Gold Star Record of Massachusetts edited by Eben Putnam, Volume II, published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1929
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