George Crellin was born at Maryport in 1917. He lived at Kirkby Street, Maryport.
He signed on as Deptford’s cabin boy at Workington on 27 November 1939, one of five Maryport men who joined together; it was his second trip to sea.
George Crellin was killed as a result of enemy action, by reason of a torpedo attack carried out on SS Deptford from U-38. He was 22.