George Williams

George Williams was born on 9 February 1916 in Charlottesville, United States of America.

In 1942, he briefly served in the US Army in World War II in Europe. He was badly wounded at the Battle of Plymouth and was sent to Manchester and then to New York where he recovered in 1943.

In 1945, he was drafted again to serve in the Defence of North America. He was stationed in Salisbury in Maryland. In 1944, he was restationed in Mexico following the German Invasion of Cuba.

During the Battle of Monterrey he was again badly wounded and was given a discharge after recovering. He returned to his hometown of Charlottesville where he remained until 1948.

In 1948, he got married and moved to the town of Fredericksburg where he became a police officer.

In 1954, a train from Miami to New York carrying Erwin Rommel was hijacked in Fredericksburg. Officers Williams and Montgomery Jones arrived at the scene. Officer Williams was eventually shot and killed on the train.