Woodhouse, George Robert Maw

George Robert Maw Woodhouse  ('Bob')

Born 1885 at Morton

Daughter of John and Jane (nee Sleight of Brattleby near Scampton)

Father died in 1886 

Mother became a charwoman before she died in 1907

A bachelor

Served in the Army before the Great War 

At the outbreak of war he taught drill and gun handling to young men of the village; in his front room a gun discharged, the bullet went through the ceiling into a bedroom where 2 were sleeping; luckily no-one was hurt

Re-enlisted

Became a roadworker 

Lived at 22 High Street 

Keen horse racing fan

Died 31st March 1965 aged 79 at Scunthorpe War Memorial Hospital

Buried in Scotter Cemetery