“LITTLE SNOOKER”
PROUD BOY OF THE SAAR. YOUNGEST MEMBER OF FORCE. London, Dec. 26. When the Ist. battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment tramped down the Yorkshire dales to Richmond, to entrain for the Saar, with them marched the proudest lad in ■ England, “Little Snooker.” ■ . \ Officially he is George Wardle, aged 14 and 4ft. in height. He is the youngest member of the force and holds the rank of boy. He was at school four months ago, A telegram interrupted his Christmas leave at his home at Thornton, Cleavelys. It announced: “Battalion ordered to Saar. Return immediately.” George was delighted, but his mother was dismayed because the child has never before been further from home than Catterick. Twelve older boys accompany the battalion, but George is the only one capable of playing the French horn. He cherishes the ambition to become a bandsman. Meanwhile, he is content to be an orderly. George must not smoke or drink, and must be in bed by 8.30 p.m., but he does not mind because he is determined to be a credit to the regiment. The Ist. battalion of the East Lancashires, consisting of 42 officers and 880 men, comprises part of the British contingent sent to the Saar to help in preserving order before and after the nationality plebiscite.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1935, Page 9
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