Soldier Record

George was a miner aged 16 years and 7 months old when he first enlisted with the 1st (Territorial) Northern Cyclist Battalion on the 1st of February 1914. He later joined the RNVR in June 1917 but never served onboard a naval vessel because there weren't enough ships. Instead he fought with Anson Battalion in France. Ironically after surviving the horrendous conditions in the trenches, he died during the Advance to Victory in Picardy and Artois. It happened just a few short weeks from the end of the war. He was 21 years old and because his body was never found, George's name is commemorated on a plaque at the Vis-En-Artois Memorial. Now it is our intention to make a pilgrimage to France to remember him and all those who made the ultimate sacrifice. George may have fallen but I don't want him to be just another name inscribed upon stone. I believe that regardless of people's opinions about war, the fact is, he, like countless others, gave his life in the belief he was protecting freedom and his family.

he died during the Advance to Victory in Picardy and Artois