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George Herbert Stephenson was born in Preston, East Yorkshire the 27 Feb 1890 and baptised the 4 Apr 1890 the son of Hannah Stephenson, a “monthly nurse” (or midwife). His father was a local house painter and grocer, Richard Kemp. Richard and Hannah married in 1904, after Richard's first wife died. The 1891 census records that Hannah and George were living with relatives at Myton, Hull but later moved back to Preston. George Herbert became an agricultural worker after leaving school and in 1911 was working on the Etherington Farm, Dalton Holme. Later that year he became an attendant at the East Riding Asylum, Broadgate, Walkington, and remained there for the rest of his working life. He worked towards a Cert MPA and in 1923 became a Registered Mental Nurse.
On 17 May 1915 George Herbert and a fellow attendant at Broadgate, Alfred Noddle enlisted at Hull Central Recruiting Office. They both joined as privates in the 3rd Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) as nursing orderlies. Having consented to serve overseas both served in the Balkans on the Salonika Front from Sep 1916. George Herbert did not return until Apr 1919. He was awarded the War and Victory Medals.
George Herbert resumed his career at Broadgate and in late 1919 married Hannah Garner from Driffield, in Beverley. Hannah was an assistant nurse at Driffield Workhouse, but had previously worked at the asylum as a dining hall maid. They lived at 153 Keldgate, Beverley. George Herbert died in Beverley in 1979 aged of 89.
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