Colin Boyd has submitted the following:
George was born on 11th January 1897. He was working as a miner living with his father, James, at 11, Warkworth Street, Backworth when he enlisted in the Royal Naval Division on 20th May 1915. He joined the Anson Battalion on 25th October 1915 and was posted as wounded and missing assumed died of wounds on 13th November 1916.
George Barrass is remembered in Backworth on B1.01 and B1.03
