GEORGE BUXTON STANSBY
25 August 1899 - 21 September 1918
At School 1913 - 1916
L/Cpl 52120 6th Northamptonshire Regt
George was born in Moss Side, Manchester, and in 1901, age 1, he was living at 1 Florence Street, Moss Side, with father Walter, a Stockbroker's Accredited Clerk, mother Gertrude, elder sister Ethel and one domestic servant. By 1911 the family had moved to 3 Sidbury Road, Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester with the addition of younger brother Edward, also a Hulmeian.
At School George proved a keen all round sportsman. In his final year he was a member of the School Football and Cricket 1st teams and Lacrosse 2nd team and came 1st and 2nd respectively in the 2 lengths Open and 6 lengths Open at the School swimming sports. He scored 13 goals for the Football team, as an inside left, despite being "Handicapped by his inability to shoot with his left foot", although he was further described as "A skilful dribbler."In the previous year at the Athletics Sports Day he had won the Under 16 quarter mile race in a time of 71 seconds and come third in the 100 yards Open event. He was also a member of the Cadet Corps being promoted to Lance Corporal in 1916.
George's service records survive and show he attested in Manchester on 11 August 1917 and was placed to Army Reserve. He was mobilised on 25 September and posted to the 5th Bn King's Liverpool Regiment Training Reserve based in Oswestry. He was described as being 5 ft 9.5 ins tall, weighing 140 lbs, chest 37 ins with a mole on his right shoulder blade, a scar to his right eyebrow and left temple. After initial training he embarked from Folkestone on 6 April 1918 to "G" Infantry Base Depot at Etaples.
Lance-Corporal GEORGE B STANSBY, Northamptonshire Regiment, was killed on September 21st, in an attack on the Hindenburg Line. He entered the School September, 1913, and left July, 1916, and was on the first cricket and football elevens in that year. He went to France in April last.
MILITARY MEDAL : The late Lance-Corporal G B Stansby, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was killed in action on September 21st last. Before his death was known, the Major-General commanding the 18th Division wrote to Lance-Corporal Stansby as follows: “I have read with great pleasure the report of your Regimental Commander and Brigade Commander regarding your gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field on September 19th, 1918, near Roussoy.” The Military Medal was awarded to him posthumously in June last.