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George was born on 13 Oct 1878 in Driffield, the son of Richard C Brown, and Sarah A Brown (nee Moody). He attended Driffield Board School enrolling in 1885. George worked as a railway clerk in Beverley, Hull and Leeds. He married Annie Mosley in 1903, they had a daughter Doris in 1904. In 1911 the family were living in Leeds where George was a railway clerk.
George enlisted with the Royal Engineers and was part of the Railway operating division. He was aboard the HMS Osmanieh, which left Southampton, on 17 Dec 1917 as part of the 98th Royal Engineers Group bound for Alexandria ( Egypt ). On 18 Dec, the ship hit a mine at the entrance to the Harbour at Alexandria, the mine had been laid by the German U boat S.M U.C 34, the ship sank and as a result 209 of the people onboard died, including George.
George is remembered at the Chatby Memorial in Egypt. He received the British Medal. An obituary in the Driffield Times of 26 Jan 1918 stated ‘Mr Brown was well known and very highly respected in Hull, Beverley and Driffield’
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