George
was born in Hull, Yorkshire on 17th
March 1936. He joined the Army in 1953 in the RASC.
After initial
training at Aldershot he undertook an Air Despatch course at Swindon and
then was posted to 114 Company RASC at Padinborn, Germany. Here he also
passed a parachute packing course.
In
1954 he undertook his parachute training at Abingdon and was then posted to
63 Company Airborne RASC at Aldershot before being transferred to 23
Parachute Field Ambulance.
In February 1956 he
went to Cyprus with HQ advance party and was stationed near Nicosia airport.
His main duty was to escort and drive the Medical Officer. The work was
mainly with 3 Parachute Battalion who were stationed a few kilometres away
and engaged in searches, road blocks and patrols.
In November 1956 he
went to the Suez Canal in Egypt and was finally demobbed at the end of that
year.
