George Charles Grey was Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for the Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)

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 constituency in England

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 from August 1941 until his death in action in July 1944.

Between his election and his death, he was the youngest member

Baby of the House

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 of the House of Commons, having been elected at the age of 22 years 259 days.

A captain in the 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards

Grenadier Guards

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, Grey was killed at Le Repas in Normandy

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, France

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, on the first day of Operation Bluecoat

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. He was buried on the battlefield by his men, on the site of which his family later erected a memorial. The site is now recognised as a war grave

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, designated the Livry Isolated Grave.

William Beveridge

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 retained Berwick for the Liberals in the subsequent by-election

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