After the war he became a journalist wrote many novels (including 'The Shipbuilders' and 'The Path to Glory' about his experiences in Gallipoli. Son of Matthew Blake of Messrs. Blake, Barclay and Co. Studied Law at Glasgow University.

He died 29th August 1961.

George enlisted March 12th 1913 with the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders—he was 20 years old at the time. It appears that he enlisted because his friends did. He was mobilised July 1914 and spent 3 months on the Clyde defences and the 8 after that working on Tay Defence Works. June 1st 1915 he left on the ANDANIA (Scott built) bound for Gallipoli. While he was not a part of the initial charge he was a part of the reserves and was wounded July 12th 1915, writing home he had “got a whack over the head and one in the stomach with the butt of a rifle and a slight cut on the right knee from shrapnel”. It would appear that the slight cut had actually shot his kneecap off as it was enough to invalid him out of the army. After the war he suffered from shell shock and spent some time on Gigha recovering where he began his career as a writer.