Lance Corporal George Henry Pilswoth was born in 1886 and came from Newark.  He joined the 17th Battalion (The Welbeck Rangers), who were part of the 117th Brigade of the 39th Division. George went to France with them on the 6th of March 1916 and moving to the area of Festubert.   

George was sadly killed in action in attack near Beaumont Hamel on the 3rd of September 1916.  He is commemorated on the Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, France V B 15 and is buried near this spot.  He was the foster son of Elizabeth Daubney of 19 Eldon Street, Newark.