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Line 6: In [[1896]], George attended boarding school in [[Eastbourne, East Sussex\|Eastbourne]] after completing preparatory school in [[West Kirby]]. At the age of 14, he won a mathematics scholarship to [[Winchester College]]. In his senior year at Winchester, he was introduced to rock climbing by a master, who took a small number of pupils climbing in Wales each year. In [[October]] of [[1905]], Mallory entered [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]] to study history. During his time there, he became friends with [[John Maynard Keynes]]. On [[July 29]], [[1914]] he married Ruth Turner, the daughter of Thackeray Turner, a local Arts and Crafts Movement architect in [[Godalming]]. He became a teacher at [[Charterhouse ~~school~~]] school in Godalming where there is now am expedition group named in his memory. As Britain was about to become embroiled in [[World War I]], an Alpine honeymoon was out of the question. Instead they went camping. locals became suspicious about two young people in the woods and according to tradition the couple were subsequently questioned on suspicion of being [[Germany\|German]] spies. George served as a gunner of the Royal Garrison Artillery in World War I, attaining the rank of First Lieutenant before he returned home in [[1919]] after the Armistice. Before being allowed to join up (schoolmasters were automatically exempt from service) he wrote a pamphlet called "War Work for Boys and Girls".

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