George Grover was born on Thursday, 23rd August 1888 at Winkwell, Bourne End, Hertfordshire and baptised a month later on Sunday, 30th September at St John the Evangelist Church, Bourne End. He was the third child born to William Charles Grover and Annie Carpenter. George had six siblings who were: Harry, Walter, Frederick, Ernest, Mary Ann, and a brother or sister who died young but who is not known.

When George was born his family resided at Bourne End Lane, Winkwell close to the Three Horseshoes pub which stands on the Grand Union Canal. The hamlet of Bourne End lies at the end of the ‘Bourne Gutter’, an irregularly flowing stream, at its confluence with the River Bulbourne. Local legend claims the Gutter is a ‘Woe Water’ that only flows at times of tragedy. Recorded instances include during 1665 at the time of the Great Plague, in 1914 at the outbreak of the World War I and in 1956 during the Suez Crisis.

By 1911 only George and his younger brothers Frederick and Ernest were still at home in Bourne End with their parents. George worked on the land like his father as a ‘Farm Labourer’ whilst his brothers worked at Dickinsons and Kents Brushes in Apsley.

On the outbreak of war, George attested at Watford in October 1914 and joined the Bedfordshire Regiment. He was posted to the 6th (Service) Battalion to begin training at Aldershot before moving to Salisbury Plain in May 1915 to complete training and to prepare for mobilisation.

The Battalion was mobilised and went to France, disembarking at Le Havre on the 30th July 1915. George saw his first significant action in July 1916 when the 6th Bedfords fought at the Battle of Bazentin Ridge, an early engagement in the Battle of the Somme. The Battalion was part of the 112th Brigade which had been ordered to attack and capture Pozieres, an assault which proved costly for the 6th Bedfords. By the end of the day-long attack the battalion had incurred 330 casualties killed, wounded or missing.

George was reported missing following the Battle and his death was subsequently confirmed and reported in the Hemel Gazette in September 1916.

George was Killed in Action on Saturday, 15th July 1916, the third of five local men who died at Bazentin Ridge on that day.

George is Remembered with Honour in Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, Somme, France, where he is interred in Grave III.G.23.

He was 27 years old when he died.

George was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal.