Private George Homey was born in approximately 1832 in Shelton, Stickley. He served with the 95th Derbyshire Regiment of Foot during the Crimean War of 1854-65 and the Indian Rebellion of 1857-58. He was transferred to 2nd Class Army Reserve and was discharged in 1863. He began receiving his Chelsea pension on the 2nd June 1885 and in 1909, he was listed as a surviving pensioner.