He was born in the year 1916 in High Street, Barnsley, Dodworth, Yorkshire, England.Sources 3, 5
(UK, Army Roll of Honour) in the year 1944 in Barnsley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England: George was with the 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Regimental # 4693859.Source 5
The temperature on January 19, 1944 was between 3.1 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 15 » World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
April 22 » World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
June 10 » In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
August 12 » Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
September 4 » World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
October 2 » World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
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