George Bland

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George Bland
Born

c1885

23 May 1872(1872-05-23)
Boston
Nationality British
Education Boston Grammar School
Parents George Colley Bland
Relatives Amelia Charlotte, Ernest H, Cyril H G, Frederic William, Frank Percy, Edith L, Elizabeth Mabel, George, Dorice Litchfield, Kathline, Leslie (siblings)

George Bland was educated at Boston Grammar School.

In 1899 George Bland won Boston Grammar School's 1st Prize for Arithmetic, Division II. His prize was a copy of With Kitchener to Khartum by George Warrington Steevens. The book chronicles Steevens' attachment to British forces during the Mahdist War in the Sudan. These photographs of the prize were provided by Wesley Pepperdine.