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George Robert Thurlow, the son of George Thurlow, a farm worker, and Elizabeth (nee Norden) was born on 18 Oct 1897 and baptised at Etton Church on 14 Nov 1897.
Private George Robert Thurlow served with the 1/5th Battalion, Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment. He was transferred to the 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. A photograph of George appeared in the Beverley Guardian of 26 Oct 1918, when it was reported he had been wounded twice, though no dates or locations were given. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
After the Armistice, George stayed on in the Army.
In 1929 George married May Harvey at the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Beech Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire and they made their home with May's parents in the village of West Bollington, Cheshire. At the time of the 1939 Registration, George R Thurlow, retired postman, his wife May, her widowed father, (George W. Harvey) and George's father (George Thurlow senior) lived together at 44 Bollington Road, West Bollington. George and May lived at this address for the rest of their lives.
George died in West Park General Hospital, Macclesfield on 2 May 1964, aged 66, May died on 6 Mar 1966, in West Heath Hospital, Congleton, aged 67.
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