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