Notes
The All About Thornton website (see References) states: ‘born in 1885, in the 1901 Census he was aged 15 and was living at Carr House Farm, off Cockin Lane, working as a Farm Servant, being a cousin of the farmer William Wood. George’s mother had been born in Morecambe, Lancashire, and he may also have been. He was the son of John, and Mary Jane (née Mount), Wood. John was born in Thornton and in the 1891 Census he was living at Marley House, West Scholes, and was a Farmer. George enlisted at Bradford on 12 July 1915 at which time he was living in Halifax, and employed a a Blacksmith’s Striker. He married Annie Hodgson in Halifax on 29 November 1915. Rifleman, 18 Btn., King’s Royal Rifleman Corps, #C/6314. Killed in action in 10 October 1916, aged 31. Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B.'