Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Document: | New Zealand WW1 Masonic List | N.Z. | |
Awards & Titles: | Volunteer Officers' Decoration | ||
Early Life :
Born 1882 at Tapanui, New Zealand to Alfred Amory George.He was admitted as a Freeman of the City of London on the 14th October, 1918. He was serving with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at the time.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. |
Mike: BEAN Arrckland Bti., numbers landed, 281 ; landing delayed of 315; Quinn?s Post, xiii, 321; Walker?s Ridge, 333-4 ; Bloody Aiigle, April 25, 434-5, 438, -4pril 27, 509; intermingled with Australians, 509 ; Pope?s Hill, 598 |
| Action : War Survivor |
Although many perished in times of national conflict and in the service of their country, many more survived including those interned as Prisoners of War. Stories of those who did survive are included as part of this site, especially those with high gallantry awards, those included against an external rolls of honour and those who had a distinguished career in wartime and military leaderhip.
Detail :
Prior to the Great War he had enrolled, 1st August, 1901, and served in the Hasting's Rifle Volunteers, which by 1913 had become B Company, 1/9th Regiment.
23925 2nd Lieutanant, later Captain Percy James Simpson George, A Company, 13th Reinforcements Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment.
A memo signed by the Colonel, Adjutant and Quarter-master General destined for the Gazette dated 11th August, 1939 shows that Captain George, V.D., is posted on the Retired List for The Hawke's Bay Regiment, but permission granted to retain and wear his uniform and rank.
He is buried at Hawke's Bay Cemetery, New Zealand and is commemorated for his service on the Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Guild of Freemen No. 3525 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
7th January 1919 | - | - |
Strangely, he is recorded as having been initiated into The Guild of Freeman Lodge No. 3525 by dispensation, aged 36. He does not appear to have stayed very long as by March of the same year he resigned from this Lodge. Perhaps he was trying to become a Freemason and went on to join another Lodge. There is a note that he had overpaid, dated 24/10/21, so lends further that he did go on somewhere else, but cannot be found elsewhere in the English Constitution.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley