George was born on the 21st of September 1911. He lived at 23 Fisher Lane, Bingham, Nottinghamshire.   

George enlisted on the 4th of January 1933 and joined the 1st Battalion at Lichfield in 1934.  He was with 8 Platoon ‘B’ Company.  Later, George was drafted to the 2nd Battalion at Khartoum, Sudan.   

After returning to the UK on leave, he was posted with the 1st Battalion to Kingston, Jamaica.  In 1936 he was with the 1st Battalion in ‘D’ Company (S) No 14 Platoon as a Private.  In 1938 he was still serving with 1st Battalion ‘D’ (S) Company, No 14 Platoon in Jamaica.   

George would then serve in the Second World War (1939-45). The 1st Battalion were based on Haifa in Palestine, at the outbreak of war; George serving with them. They were later sent to Cyprus and then Egypt with 4th Indian Division.  He then fought at Knightsbridge with Machine Gun Platoon and Mortars.  George was away from the Battalion when they were overrun at Tobruk as he was on a Rangefinder course.  

He became attached to the Kings Royal Rifles Corps in the desert and then returned to the UK.  He was transferred to the Gordon Highlanders on the 8th of July 1944 and took part in the Normandy Landing at Arromanches  with the 15th Scottish Division.  He was wounded at Falaise by shrapnel in the arm and evacuated to the UK.  He later returned to his Battalion, where he was wounded again, this time by an explosive bullet in the posterior at Elbe.  He was evacuated to the UK, to Nottingham City Hospital.  George eventually went to East Grinstead for plastic surgery, where he stayed until 1949.   

In later life, George was a Pensioner at Chelsea Hospital, where he died on the 16th of August 2001 age 89 years.  He is buried at Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey.