George Henry Wyatt was born on 5 September 1886 at Worcester, and enlisted into the Coldstream Guards, British Army on 23 November 1904 at Birmingham.

[1] Wyatt was a 27 years old Lance-Corporal in the 3rd Battalion, the Coldstream Guards, stationed around Landrecies on the night of the 25/26 August, when the following action took place for which he was awarded his VC: On 25/26 August 1914 at Landrecies, France, part of Lance-Corporal Wyatt's battalion was hotly engaged close to some farm buildings, when the enemy set alight some straw sacks in the farmyard.

The lance-corporal twice dashed out under very heavy fire from the enemy, only 25 yards (23 m) away, and extinguished the burning straw, making it possible to hold the position.

The medical officer bound up his wound and ordered him to the rear, but he returned to the firing line and went on fighting.

[2]He was wounded again in February 1915 at Cuinchy and evacuated back to England, where he served the rest of the war, transferring to the 5th Battalion in August 1915.