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His military records show:
- Attended annual training at Buxton Camp on the 31/7/10 – 14/8/10.
- Attended annual training at High Tor Camp on the 6/8/11 – 21/8/11.
- Attended annual training at Aberystwyth Camp on the 4/8/12 – 18/8/12.
- Embodied service commenced on the 5/8/14.
- Appointed Lance Corporal on the 1/1/15.
- Appointed paid Lance Corporal at Sawbridgeworth on 20/2/15.
- Embarked from Southampton with the 1/5th Battalion Leicestershire
Regiment to join the British Expeditionary Force in France on 26/2/15.
George Landed at Le Havre on the 27th February 1915. He was
promoted to Corporal in the eld on the 23rd July after rescuing somw
wounded comrades from a shelled trench. He was wounded slightly
after the pack was shot off his back on 11th September 1915, and
he also s sustained a wound to the knee. George was admitted to
eld hospital for treatment, being released the same day. There is an
incorrect regimental entry for misconduct on the 15/9/15 on his records
which has been noted. On the 12th September a local comrade - Russell
Hubbard - was killed after a shell hit his trench, and his brother Archibald
wrote home to the their parents that George had helped him with his
eld burial, making a wreath for the grave. There were a number of
local soldiers from Melton killed or injured that day, as the below article
shows and the loss must have been hard on the remaining men of the
unit.
Melton Mowbray Times & Vale of Belvoir Gazette
Friday September 24th 1915