George was born on 9th September 1896 and baptised at the Weslyan Methodist Chapel on 25th January 1897. His parents were Abraham and Susannah of Shaw's Buildings Kirkhamgate Wakefield. In the 1901 census Abraham was a yeast merchant and George had a younger brother Percy aged 8 months. Another child Arthur was born in 1903 but died as an infant. In 1911 George was now working as a twister in the rope making industry. The obituary in the Wakefield Express said that prior to enlisting he had been an apprentice to Mr Atkinson, plumber, Thornes Lane.

His family donated a font to the Weslyan Methodist Church in Kirkhamgate. It was made of marble and inscribed in his memory. When the Chapel closed it was passed to the Rehoboth Chapel.

Janet Wilsher