| Marriage | George Horsman Slee and Joan Lockwood were married. |
| User Reference Number | He; 150 |
| Biography | I have to be careful here - as it is probable that George did not share his associations with ALL 3 of his families.
My wife was George's daughter. That is a fact.
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| _STAT | He; Joan Lockwood; Never Married |
| Note | I have found no evidence of a Marriage but my guess is that the relationship took place between mid 1950 and early 1953. |
| Birth | He was born on 30 June 1926 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, 3rd Qtr BDMs 8e 215.1 |
| His father Willie Slee died before 1946. |
| Occupation | George Horsman Slee was in the Armed Forces in 1946. |
| Residence | He resided in 25 Lindsay Street, Burnley, in 1946. |
| Marriage | George Horsman Slee and Mary Hawken were married on 22 July 1946 in St. Peter's, Burnley, Lancashire, England.2,3   |
| Education | He was educated in Peterborough Training College, Peterborough, between 1949 and 1950 I have a panorama photograph of the teachers and students 1949-1950. I can identify Joan Lockwood and now George Slee., I have a panorama photograph of the teachers and students 1949-1950.  |
| Occupation | He was a where evidently he was very popular with the children., a teacher in The Shade School, Soham, about 1952. |
| Occupation | He was a teacher in Soham or Peterborough about 1953. |
| His daughter Georgina Elizabeth Slee was born on 1 March 1953 in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England. |
| Misc | Mentioned in the Supplement to the London Gazette, in an item re the Combined Cadet Force ... "George Horsman SLEE (434663) to be 2nd Lt., 28th Jan. 1954." on 27 April 1954. |
| Residence | He resided in 1964 George and Phyllis moved to the Durham region. |
| Publicatio | He; 1970; "Outdoor Education - Northumberland County, England" |
| Divorce | George Horsman Slee and Mary Hawken were divorced on 25 May 1972 in Keighly County Court George Petitioner) divorced Mary (Respondent) with the decree being made absolute after 3 months. I understand that Mary refused to accept a divorce until the law was changed in the 1970s. |
| Marriage | George Horsman Slee and Phyllis Mary Preston were married about 27 May 1972 in Durham (Northern District.)4,5 |
| Residence | He resided in "Speedwell House", Delves Lane, Consett, Wearside, Co. Durham, DH8 7PX, 01207 504186, between 1980 and 1984.6 |
| Award | George Horsman received an Award in 1986 in London. an MBE for his services to education. |
| His former wife Mary Hawken died on 16 July 1998 in Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, England. |
| Occupation | He was a regional advisor for outdoor education in Durham before 2000. |
| Death | He died on 3 September 2004, at age 78, in University Hospital, North Durham, England.7,8,9 |
| Cremation | The remains of George Horsman Slee were cremated on 13 September 2004 in College of St. Hild and St. Bede, Bede Chapel, Leazes Road, Durham, George's headstone at St Andrew's Church, Gargrave, near Skipton, North Yorkshire. |
| His wife Joan Lockwood died on 18 June 2013 in Lily House, Ely, Cambs. |
| His wife Phyllis Mary Preston died on 26 March 2016 in Morton, Derbyshire. |