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07/04/1885 - 13/10/1915

Place of birth: Forest Hill, Kent
Last known address in Bromley: 42 Westmoreland Road

Military information

Regiment/Service: Army Service Corps
Battalion/Ship: 176th Depot
Rank: Lieutenant
Number: Unknown

Family information

Parents: homas Herbert Edward & Ida Foord (nee Massey)
Parents' occupation: Solicitor
Siblings: Lydia Mary, Idina, Florence Clara, George Howard, Herbert Quallett
Wife: Gertrude Florence Marsland
Marriage date: 18-04-1912
Children: Roy Howard

Census information

1891
Address: 139 Sunderland Road, Lewisham
1901
Address: 15 Sydenham Rise, Lewisham
1911
Address: 42 Westmoreland Road
Occupation: Solicitor

Extra details

George was the 3rd child and eldest son of Thomas Herbert Edward and Ida Foord. He was privately educated in Eastbourne (and possibly at Arnold College, Bournemouth) before entering Dulwich College in 1898, leaving in 1901.

George formally enrolled at Pembroke College, Cambridge on 21st October 1903 to read Honours in Law with a view to a career as a solicitor. He was excused the two parts of the general examination for the ordinary degree by passing the Law Tripos Part 1, 1905. He took a third class in both parts of the special examination in Law for the Ordinary Degree, Part 1 at Michaelmas 1905 and Part 2 at Easter 1906. He graduated BA, June 1905 and MA, 17 February 1910. After coming down he was articled to his father and admitted a solicitor in 1909, becoming a partner.

On 17th October 1906 he was given the Freedom of the City of London as a member of the Court of the Turner's Company.

George married Gertrude Florence Marsland at St Mary's Church, Painswick, Gloucestershire on 18th April 1912. Their son Roy Howard was born in 1913 in Bromley.

At the outbreak of war it was decided that, because his younger brother Herbert wasn't married he would enlist and George stay to assist his father in the business. However George could not be content with serving as a Special Constable and a Platoon Commander in the Volunteer Training Corps so in March 1915 he applied for a commission as Second Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps.

After a few months' training he was given the command of ten depot units of supply, and promoted to Lieutenant. He left for Gallipoli in September and within a few days of his arrival he was struck down by a fragment of shell while walking with a brother officer, he died the following day without regaining consciousness.

Thank you to Dulwich College and Pembroke College Cambridge for their assistance.