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George Hemens Standing (b. 12 Jun 1883), son of George Standing and Maria Hemens, married Bessie Botterill (b. 1888), daughter of Dan Stephen Thompson Botterill and Mary Jane Harris, in Greenwich, in 1909.
George and Bessie had two sons:
- George Edward Standing b. 23 Aug 1910 in ETON BUCKS
- Leonard Frank Standing b. 30 Dec 1917 in GREENWICH
In 1911, George Hemens Standing (27) General Clerk from Sydenham, Kent, was staying with his widowed mother and brothers at 11 Clifton Hill, New Cross, while Bessie Standing (22) and George Standing (7m), born in Slough, Bucks, were visiting Bessie's parents at 65 Childers Street, Deptford.
On 29 Jun 1918, at the age of 35, George Hemens Standing enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 2nd, 3rd Battalion and was examined on 1 Aug 1918 at Whitehall, at which time he was 5ft 4½in, weighed 104lbs and had brown hair, grey eyes and a sallow complexion. George was transferred to the Army Reserve upon Demobilisation, on 8 Oct 1919, at Hounslow.
In 1921, George Hemens Standing (38) Foreman Steel Tubes Bond Dept; Bessie Standing (32), George Edward Standing (10) and Leonard Frank Standing (3) were living at 65, Childers Street, Deptford.
In 1939 and still at 65 Childers Street, Deptford, were George H Standing, Electricians Mate; Bessie Standing; Alfred Botterill, Engineers Pattern Maker; Donald A Botterill (b. 17 Jul 1924) and Leonard F Standing.
George Hemens Standing died, at 61, in 1945 M Quarter in DEPTFORD.
Bessie Standing died, at 71, in Q3 of 1959, in Greenwich.