George was baptised on 1st October 1893 at All Saints Kettlestone.  His parents Thomas and Sarah kept the White Horse Pub in the village. George probably attended Little Snoring Primary School along with other children from the village.  By 1911 he was working as a groom at Kettlestone rectory.  George enlisted with the Norfolk Regiment in Norwich on January 18th 1915.

He died of wounds received at the battle of the Somme on September 16th 1916, aged 23. The Rector wrote of him

‘Pte George Colman a member of the choir of this church and a regular communicant died of wounds received in action in Picardy.  Deeply lamented by all.  May he rest in peace’'

Bridget Fielden