Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Home	Did not serve abroad	Tanworth-in-Arden Churchyard Extension
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
n/a	~	Tanworth-in-Arden
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Other War Memorials
Died of pneumonia	May 1917 at Birkenhead
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
Cork Street Hospital, Dublin	~

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

George died of pneumonia at the Cork Street Hospital in Dublin.

His unit, the 2nd/1st Oxfordshire Hussars never served aboard. He joined them in May 1917 when they were stationed at Ipswich. In July 1917 they moved to Wivenhoe and then in November to Frinton and Manningtree. After that, in January 1918, they moved to Ireland and spent rest of war in Dublin.