George Henry Deacon was born in Dry Doddington, the son of Edward Deacon (an estate woodman) and Mary. In 1901 they were living in Village St, Hough. In 1911 the family were in a labourer's cottage in Hough (Low Road?) and he was 15 and working on a farm. They lived next but one to Ernest Baker's family and (the other side) 2 doors from the Thomas Armstrong's house. George enlisted in Lincoln and joined the Army Service Corps. Private Deacon (DM2/195935) was serving with Advanced MT (Motor Transport) Workshops when he died in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) on 16 Jul 1917, age 21. He was buried at Baghdad North Gate War Cemetery.