She was brought up by her Aunt Edith Williams after her mother, Harriet, died in childbirth in early August Her aunts would not discuss the matter.
However, when Edith died in , my mother found a clue amongst her possessions in the form of two scraps of paper shown below. His name was Captain George E. I conducted a search for George E. Huntley and found a Sgt. Huntley in the Great War. Could this be my grandfather? I paid a researcher to look into his service record, who discovered the following information in italics. George is posted initially to Grove Park, the Depot of the Mechanical Transport Branch, where he is given military and trade training.
The diary for the unit is in WO It describes the formation of these convoys as follows. The convoy would consist of a total of 50 motor ambulance cars, 3 lorries, 2 motor cars and 1 motor cycle with the following personnel.
His promotion to this rank was later confirmed with the same seniority date. George seems to have had some participation in the German Spring Offensive in late March and April of but there are no specific details about this.
The War Diary for the period of the Somme offensive is very informative. The officer writing the diary was Captain William Wallace Boyce and he describes the duties of the convoy in detail, which was attached to the XIII Corps holding the southern flank of the British line.
