George Inwood

Section Commander George Walter Inwood GC (22 September 1905 - 16 October 1940) of the Home Guard was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the "...highest form of cool courage and self-sacrifice for others" he displayed on the night of the 15/16 October 1940 in Birmingham.

Biography
He was born on the 22 September 1905, the son of George Walter Inwood (aka William Thomas Inwood) and Margaret Caroline (née Jones) and was baptised in St Martins, Birmingham, Warwickshire on the 11 October 1905. He is buried in Yardley Cemetery in Birmingham.

15/16 October 1940
After a heavy Luftwaffe air raid on Birmingham on the night of 15/16 October 1940, Inwood was asked by the police to aid in recovery work in Bishop Street (in the Five Ways area. Leading six volunteers he discovered that several unconscious people were trapped in a gas-filled cellar. A hole was dug and Inwood was lowered on a rope. He managed to pull two men clear but was overcome by fumes on his third foray down. A doctor on the scene was unable to revive him.

George Cross citation
Notice of his Inwood's George Cross appeared in the London Gazette on the 27 May 1941.

His widow received his award at an investiture on the 10 October 1941.