8th December 2015 George was born in Stamford in 1898. In 1911 he was 13 and lived at 3 Peels Buildings (now demolished), St Paul’s Street with his parents George and Sarah (nee Skellett) Townshend and 4 siblings Albert – born 1902, Doris – born 1905, Louisa – born 1907 and Evelyn – born 1909. His father was born in Uppingham and his mother in Empingham. All the children were born in Stamford. His father was a cycle agent and George was still at school. On the 1911 Census, Sarah Ann Hales aged 76 was a visitor to the house. In 1901 George and his parents had been living with his widowed maternal grandmother Susannah Skellett who was the publican at The Sun and Railway Inn, 2 Church Street, St Martin’s, Stamford. On this census, George shared the surname Skellett with his mother even though his mother had married ‘his father’ George Townshend in 1900 in Stamford. On this census his father George Townshend was a hairdresser. The names of seven lodgers are also included on the census. (George’s paternal grandparents ran a China and Glass and Hairdressing business in High Street, Uppingham) George’s war service has not been positively located. A ‘George Townsend’ ( without the ‘h’) mobilized in 1916 and served in the 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. This is listed in ‘Stamford and the Great War’. George’s father died in Stamford in 1934, his mother died in 1955. George’s brother, Albert, was still living at 3 Peels Buildings in 1963. This is recorded in the National Probate Record at the time of his death. No information of a marriage or death for George has been found.