Lt George Craig

 

Not Intelligence

 

1888 May 8 or 4 Apr. Born Bradford

1901 census at Bradford

1905, Enlisted at Edinburgh in the ranks & served primarily with HQ Company of 17th Lancers as an Trumpeter.

1911 Serving in India. Trumpeter G Craig gets Delhi Durbar Medal. In census he is 22 years old

1914 Oct 6 Lands in France

17th Lancers

6th Dorset

1917 Aug 2 Commissioned in 2nd Border Rgt

1921 May 3 . MBE at Tourmakeady Ambush see Lt Ibberson . M.B.E. for 'Gallantry during Operations' against an IRA Flying Squad ambush in the vicinity of the Party Mountains, near Tourmakeady, County Mayo

1921 Oct/Dec Married Connie Close in York

1922 Jun 2. Lieutenant George Craig was officially retired from the 'U.K. Reserve of Officers', due to having attained the mandatory age of retirement

1939 Register. 12, Oak Terrace , Bishop Auckland Durham England with wife Connie

Craig served again as an Constable with County Durham Constabulary during WW2

 

1945 Nov 9 His wife drowned in the River Foss, Huntington Road, York,

1952 Apr 3. Died Co Durham