George Wyllie (British Army soldier), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Recipient of the George Cross
Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1908
Place of Birth: Hurlford, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 01-Feb-1987
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About George Wyllie (British Army soldier)
- George Cameron Wyllie, GC (25 December 1908 – 1 February 1987) of the Royal Engineers was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on 12 September 1940 when a 2,000-kilogram (4,410 lb) bomb fell near St Paul's Cathedral in Deans Yard.
- It took three days to dig the bomb out of soft soil, work made even more dangerous by a fire at a fractured gas main.
- Wylie and his team placed the recovered bomb on a lorry, which was driven to Hackney Marshes, where the bomb was detonated, leaving a crater 100 feet (30 m) wide.The citation from a supplement to the London Gazette of 27 September 1940 (dated 30 September 1940) reads: CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. St.
- James's Palace, S.W.1, 30th September, 1940. The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the GEORGE CROSS to the undermentioned:— [...] No.
- 1942531 Sapper George Cameron Wylie, Royal Engineers. Sapper Wylie was a member of the Bomb Disposal Section engaged upon the recovery of the bomb which fell in the neighbourhood of St.
- Paul's Cathedral. The actual discovery and removal of the bomb fell to him.
- Sapper Wylie's untiring energy, courage, and disregard for danger were an outstanding example to his comrades.
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