Yes, St. George was a martyr. He was tortured and beheaded about the year 304.
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Yes, Saint George is one of the patron saints of soldiers.
Since he was a Roman soldier, it is doubtful that George carried any saint into battle.
The only thing we know about St. George is that he was a soldier and martyred about the year 304 by beheading at Lydda, Palestine. Everything else is pure legend.
There is not one that I can find, but I would recommend Saint Natalia, wife of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. He was a Roman Soldier martyred for the faith and she cared for him and other Christians awaiting martyrdom before her death, which may have been a martyrs death also.
The brave soldier martyred on his country's independence day. He must have had a martyr complex.