Private George Williamson was 38 year old farmer originally from Nairn, Scotland with pre-war service in the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders and the 9th Battery of the CFA when he attested into the 1st Remount Depot at Valcartier in October 1914. The Remount Depot was commanded by Lt Col William Hendrie a former Commanding Officer of the 48th Highlanders who, in the voluntarily reduced rank of major, was in the original 15th Battalion before being given command of the Remount Depot. Private Williamson was sent as a reinforcement to the 15th Battalion following the battle of Festubert on May 28, 1915 and posted to No. 2 Company. Despite multiple encounters with Field Punishment No. 1, he served in all the 1915 trench tours including Givenchy in June, Ploegsteert Wood in July, Hill 63 in August and the Messines Road from September to December. In 1916 he served back on the Messines Road from January to March, the Hill 60 tours from April to August, the battle of Mount Sorrel in June and the Somme in September where on September 26, 1916 he suffered GSWs in the right thigh and right shoulder during the assault on Regina Trench. He was evacuated to No. 2 Field Ambulance and from there to series of medical facilities in England for treatment, including the Military Hospital, Chatham, the Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Bromley and Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe. He had pre-existing medical issues related to his lungs and during his treatment he contracted TB and was sent to the sanitarium at No. 13 Canadian General Military Hospital, Hastings. In November 1917 he was assessed as medically unfit for further service and discharged in England where he died of his condition on January 15, 1920.

NOK: Mrs M. Williamson (M) Pettey St., Tain, Rosshire, Scotland