George Lewis Eggleston was born in 1936, son of Thomas Eggleston. He was educated at Christ’s Hospital to which he won a scholarship. 

He joined the Royal Navy, was promoted Midshipman on 1 January 1955 and Acting Sub Lieutenant on 1 May 1956 and was appointed to HMS DOLPHIN for submarine training.

According to a report in the Portsmouth Evening News of 2 June 1958, he was found hanged in a piggery on the cliffs at Hendon, near his home in Sunderland. According to his father, it seemed that George was finished with the Navy. He seemed unable to settle down to things since his girl friend for the previous two and a half years had written to him a month before to say that their friendship was over.

He had arrived home from HMS DOLPHIN at midnight on the day before his death with all his possessions and very upset.  He had just been informed that he was considered temperamentally unsuitable for service in submarines and would not be continuing with his submarine training.

George Eggleston was buried in the Sunderland Cemetery, in Row 17 No 15912.