George was born to Thomas William (a railway shunter) and Alice nee Walker in Kirkhamgate in 1894. In 1911 George was living with his parents and four siblings at Ramsden's Buildings Kirkhamgate. George was a pony driver in the pit. At enlistment George was living with his parents at 4, North Tce, Kirkhamgate, Wakefield and he was working at Gawthorpe Pit.

Janet Wilsher