George Wylie (other)
George Wylie or Wyllie may refer to: * George Wylie (politician) (1848–1926), American politician in Wisconsin * George Wyllie (British Army soldier) (1908–1987), Royal Engineer awarded the George Cross * George Wyllie George Ralston Wyllie MBE (31 December 1921 – 15 May 2012) was a Scottish artist. Wyllie produced a number of notable public works, such as the Straw Locomotive and the Paper Boat. Life Wyllie was born in Shettleston, in the east end of ...

George Wylie (politician)
George Wylie (January 6, 1848December 8, 1926) was a Scottish Americans, Scottish American immigrant, livestock farmer, and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate (46th Wisconsin Legislature, 1903, 47th Wisconsin Legislature, 1905) and Wisconsin State Assembly, State Assembly (43rd Wisconsin Legislature, 1897, 44th Wisconsin Legislature, 1899), representing Columbia County, Wisconsin, Columbia and Sauk County, Wisconsin, Sauk counties. Biography Wylie was born on January 6, 1848, in Campbeltown, Campbeltown, Scotland. Around 1857, he emigrated with his parents to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, before moving to a farm in Leeds, Wisconsin, in 1864. After retiring from farming, Wylie settled in Morrisonville, Wisconsin. He married Ida Carpenter Wylie (1852–1930) in 1884, with whom he had a son. Wylie died on December 8, 1926 in Madison, Wisconsin. He was buried at Windsor Congregational Cemetery in Windsor, Wisconsin. Poli ...
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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 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 Hackney Marshes is an area of open space in London's Lower Lea Valley, lying on the western bank of the River Lea. It takes its name from its position on the eastern boundary of Hackney, the principal part of the London Borough of Hackney, and ..., where the bomb was detonated, leaving a crater wide. The citation from a supplement to '' The London Gazette'' of 27 September 1940 (dated 30 September 1940) reads: References Further reading * * Jappy, Melanie (2001) Danger UXB Channel Four Books. External links Royal Engineers bomb dispo ...
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