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Captain GEORGE POMEROY STERLING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TEZZE BRITISH CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row B. Grave 3.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Emily Sarah and the late Rev. Canon Sterling, M.B., B.S. (of the C.M.S., Gaza, Palestine), of 44, Larkspur Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription SON OF CANON STERLING GAZA, PALESTINE. A LIFE OF HIGH ENDEAVOUR
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Buried or commemorated at

TEZZE BRITISH CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 355
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