George Perkins

== Origin ==
George was born to James and Mary Perkins in 1920, in the town of Dover. James was a former Rhodesian soldier who fought in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War, while Mary was a former servant for a Middle Class family in Brighton. George had one older brother named Scott. They enjoyed a peaceful childhood, and had a decent education. They enlisted together when the Second World War arrived in 1939. George was assigned as a gunner in a Matilda I, but had to abandon it at Dunkerque during the evacuation in 1940. He was promoted to the tank commander of a Matilda II in late 1940. In 1942, Scott was killed in action in North Africa, aged only 29, and in the following months, George became vengeful towards the Germans. In 1943, he was reassigned to the command of a Sherman VC Firefly nicknamed 'Cock O' the North', after the Duke of Gordon. He soon became friends with the gunner, Arthur, the loader and radio operator, Richard, and the driver, Henry. In 1944, the Sherman VC Firefly was deployed in Operation Overlord, the Allied liberation of Normandy.
== Paraphernalia ==
-Enfield No.2 Mk.1 Revolver
-Binoculars
== Vehicles ==
=== Cock O' the North ===
The Sherman Firefly was a Medium Tank designed by the United Kingdom, and used by British, Canadian, New Zealand, Polish and South African forces in the Second World War. It was based on the American M4 Sherman, but fitted with the British 17 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun. 'Cock O' the North', named after the Duke of Gordon, was the Sherman Firefly that George Perkins was assigned to prior to the D-Day landings.
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