Born in July 1892 in Devon, Lieutenant Gameson was killed in action on 14th March 1917, aged 24.

He was the only son of John Herbert Gameson (1862-1901), solicitor, and Elizabeth Nicolson Dempster Gameson (nee Huish, 1857-1916, latterly Mrs Ernest Swinnerton) of “Russ in Erbe”, Tiverton and of Torr House, Yealmpton, South Devon. He had an elder sister, Katherine Elizabeth (1887-1954).

George joined Saint Ronan’s in the Autumn term of 1900 and was placed in Class IV. In 1902 he won the Class III Division III Catechism Prize.

In the October 1902 exams, in which they were tested in Latin, French and Mathematics, he scored 243 out of a possible 500. In the June 1903 exams he scored 236 out of 550, his total score was affected by his poor performance in Latin where he attained 38 out of 200.

By 1904 however he had won the prize for Latin and Greek, Maths, French and English. He was also awarded a prize for Geometrical drawing and at the start of the Autumn term he was promoted into the Scholarship Class.

He played half back in the football team and in February 1905 against Southey Hall it was reported in The Ronian that he “played the game of his life”. In the 1903 Sports Day he came third in the senior high jump and first in the sack race

In 1905, he went on to Blundells, first as a Day Boy, then at Westlake. In the Summer of 1906, he won a prize for IVth Form Work on the Classical Side. In 1907 he played for Day Boys in the Junior House Rugby Competition (they were knocked out in first round by School House 67-0). He also played cricket and rugby.

1908 saw him play for Westlake in both the rugby and cricket competitions.

In 1909 George played for Westlake in the Senior House Rugby Competition as a forward – Westlake won the competition. He also became a member of the Cadet Corps.

At the outbreak of war he was on the staff of the Bank of England and although he sent his resignation three times in order to enlist, because he was engaged in work involving War Loans, it was not accepted. He was given a commission in the Northumberland Fusiliers but the Governor of the bank of England requested the War Office to cancel it. In January he sent three months notice to the bank and left, sacrificing his position and pension and joined the Inns of Court OTC. He obtained his commission in the Northumberland Fusiliers in November 1916 and was gazetted in December 1916.  

The 8th (Service) Battalion was formed at Newcastle on 19th August 1914 as part of Kitchener’s First New Army. The Battalion saw action in where it had formed part of the Suez Canal Defences, before they were recalled to France in June 1916 as reinforcements to the Battle of the Somme. In 1917 they saw action in the Battle Messines and Third Battle of Ypres.

On 17th January 1917, Lieutenant Gameson was sent to France. The first time he was in action on 14th March 1917, he was bombed going up a trench. A fellow officer risked his life to bring him to a dug-out.