George enlisted in November 1939 and was commissioned the following year into the 7th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) rising to the rank of Major by 1942; at which point the battalion was turned into an Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the RA. The Battery landed in Normandy in July 1944 and served across NW Europe until VE Day. George met his death in a vehicle accident at the age of 32 on Thursday 3^rd August 1944 and is one of two OWs to be buried in this cemetery at the Bayeux War Cemetery.

Husband of Constance Mary Williams of Great Meols, Hoylake, Cheshire: elder son of Jesse Williams & Victoria Evelyn Williams. His son Leslie was born posthumously in 1944 and his younger brother Major [N.1929-33] was killed in Belgium in 1940.

A copy of George's story is available to download here.

See also the Commonwealth War Graves Commission permanent digital memorial, ‘Evermore: Stories of the fallen’ relating to:-
Major George Leslie WILLIAMS