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George Barnard was born in Beverley on 2 Dec 1895 and baptised at St Mary’s Church on the 29th. George was a printer and compositor who having served an apprenticeship joined the staff of the Beverley Guardian Newspaper published by Green and Son of 44 Market Place. George’s father, William Barnard, was also a compositor; and his mother Mary Jane (nee Harper) were from Beverley. George had three brothers William, Harold and Herbert Claude. Harold was an apprentice stationer at the Green’s business before the war. All four brothers were to serve in the army. George had been a prominent member of the Beverley Church Lads’ Brigade and had been their Colour Sergeant before the war. The family was originally from Beverley but at the turn of the century had spent time in Holt, Norfolk. On their return they had lived initially at 115 Grovehill Road and then at 7 Westwood Road.
George joined the 5th Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment (The Green Howards), part of the 150th Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division, as Private No: 3487. He arrived in France on 11 Nov 1915. George transferred to the Machine Gun Corps as Private No: 71862. On 13 Oct 1917 the Beverley Guardian reported that George had received a wound in the right leg caused by shrapnel and was now in hospital in Glasgow “progressing favourably”. He left the army in mid-March 1919. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star and the War and Victory Medals.
After the war George resumed his earlier career. He married Muriel Wilson in Beverley in 1942. George died in Beverley in Jun 1980
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