George entered the war in France on 19th August 1914. On 24th May 1915 orders were given that, when shelling commenced NCO’s & men in billets were to go down into lower rooms and where possible into cellars. Shelling commenced around 8.35 p.m. on the 24th, with the first shell striking the hospital, hitting the brickwork by the side of the front entrance of A Block, at the junction of tiled pavement and wall, making a hole about 2 feet in diameter & 1 ft deep. Some of the men whose duty it was to upload incoming ambulance cares were around this door and a few others were in the vicinity. Though the hole made was small, the explosive effect was considerable, with the shell splintering into small fragments and as a result wounding some of the men. George was one of them, sustaining severe shell wounds to his head and arms. He died from his wounds in the early hours of the morning of the 25th May 1915. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Williams of Lambeth, London; and the husband of Victoria Ruth Julia Fitches (formerly Williams) of 59, Mayall Road, Herne Hill, London.