Bernie,
Thankyou for your reply. My parents had a very interesting ( and moving!) visit to the Devonshire Regimental museum in Dorchester. It seems that many young men from Birmingham ended up in the Devonshires. The Regimental museum did not have any personal information for the Oliver George they had on record ( no date of birth/ address/ next of kin etc.)but we had pretty much come to the conclusion that this has to be one and the same man.
I have a more updated family tree under the user name expat66. I wonder if you have any more info. on the Eccleshalls in our family tree? Regards Jackie