George Philip Williams (1919-1983)

Soldier

Service No:	410854
Rank:	Sergeant
Squadron:	B
Troop:	3rd
Role:	Tank Commander
Service:	Joined 23H from the 2nd Armoured Reinforcement Unit.
Wounded:	11 Sep 1944
Mentioned in:	23H Story Page 276 Casualty List Record
Images:	[Photo 1] [Photo 2]

Civilian

Residence:	'Causeway Cottage', Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire (1945)
Birth:	13 Dec 1919 in Bolton, Lancashire
Death:	31 May 1983 registered in Banbury, Oxfordshire
Burial:	Adderbury Parish Cemetery, Cherwell District, Oxfordshire. Plot Section I 159. [Grave]

Parents

Alexander Moat Williams	Mary Battersby
Cotton Mill Manager (1911), Inn Keeper (1939). 90 Werneth Hall Road, Oldham, Lancashire (1911), The Old Village, Witney, Oxfordshire (1939), 'Shere', Over Norton Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire (1961). Birth 5 Oct 1887 in Saddleworth, West Yorkshire. Death 4 May 1961 in Chipping Norton. 2610 Lt., The Lancashire Fusiliers in WWI.	Birth 19 May 1894 registered in Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire. Death registered Jun 1976 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Marriage 1917 at St Clement's church, Higher Openshaw, Chorlton, Lancashire.

Notes

A ms letter (31pp, with ts transcription, 13pp), describing various incidents during his time with 23H was written by George to his father. The letter is dated 26 October 1944 and was written whilst George was recovering from his wounds in Tyrone Auxiliary Hospital, Barcath, Pembrokeshire. The letter was deposited with, and is available from, the Imperial War Museum.

George is on the list of those who attended the 23H reunion in 1959.