Description:George Taylor was foreman of the gang who laid the military railway track from Hednesford to Rugeley Camp. He was apparently a tough character and was in charge of the Irish workers who had to complete the railway in a very short period.
One day, so the story goes, matters came to a head and an improvised flare-lit boxing ring was laid out. George downed the Irish champion after a long, drawn-out and bloody bare-fist fight and his life-long souvenir was a broken knuckle.