19996 Lance Corporal
George Harvey Oxspring
2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
28th September 1918
Plot Reference : III.J.9
Born in Normanton Springs,Yorkshire in 1897.
His parents were Harvey Oxspring(1864-27/02/1946) and
Ellen Kaine(born in 1869). They were married in 1887.
George had 4 brothers,Albert(born in 1889),
James Henry(born in 1894),Herbert Ian(26/09/1902-03/07/1966)
and Melvin (1907-28/11/1988).
He also had 3 sisters,Maria(born in 1900),Ellen (born in 1910)
and Rose(1913-2003).
In the 1911 census,the family were recorded as living at
20 Hollinsend Road,Hollinsend near Sheffield.
At the age of 14,George was working as a colliery labourer above ground,whilst his father was employed as a general labourer.
He enlisted in Sheffield on 16/08/1915 and with the 10th reinforcement regiment he disembarked in France on 08/12/1915.
On the 26/03/1916 he was wounded in action and sent to No.8 Casualty Clearing Station with gunshot wounds to his head and back.
He was then moved to 16 Train on 27/03/1916,then on to Etaples.
George rejoined his battalion on 02/11/1916.
On 23/02/1917 he was appointed unpaid Lance Corporal.He stayed with the British Expeditionary Force until 15/04/1917. He then returned home on 16/04/1917 until 09/06/1917.
George returned to France on 11/06/1917 after embarking at Folkstone and disembarking in Boulogne.
He was killed in action on 28/09/1918.
Property(notebook,purse and photos) belonging to George were returned to his mother.
At the time of his death,the family were living at
18 Cape Street Barnsley.
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His brother James Henry was Serjeant 240951 in the 2/5th Battalion Yorkshire & Lancashire Regiment and was killed in action on 27/11/1917.He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial Louverval Department du Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais ,France, panels 9 & 10.