George was my grandfather. He was born in 1880 so would have been 34/35 when he fell, he was brought up in Northampton and had previously served with the 3rd Northamptonshire Regiment on at least two seperate occasions. He rejoined the 3rd Northamptonshire on 5th March 1902 having been previously "discharged by purchase" and it seems that he signed up as a reservist when he moved to S****horpe becoming a member of the 1st/5th Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment and was on Annual Camp in Bridlington when war was declared. After training they arrived in France on 28th February 1915 and were held in reserve for the battle of Neuve Chapelle in early March and were eventually moved up to the front line on 6th April. George was killed in action on 14th June 1915, we believe he was shot by a snipper as my father was told by someone who served with him that “George always wanted to know what was going on and just wouldn’t keep his head down!"

John Ball