Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Thomas Brown a stone quarry man, born 1863 in Stoney Stanton, Leics., and his wife Clara Bishop Brown, born 1867 in Sapcote, Leics. George Henry was born in 1897 in Sapcote, Leics., his siblings were Percy, born 1886, Agnes, born 1890 and Emily, born 1894, all his siblings were born in Sapcote, Leics., in March 1901 the family home was at 6, Calver Hill, Sapcote, Leics. In April 1911 George was employed as a hosiery trade worker and was residing in the family home at 6, Calver Hill, Sapcote, Leics., together with his parents and siblings, Emily and Wesley C., born 1904 in Sapcote, Leics., also residing with the family was his brother in law Joseph William Lane, born 1883 in Stoney Stanton, Leics., and his wife, George’s sister Agnes and their daughter, Barbara C. Lane., born 1911 in Sapcote, Leics.