The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G F Sturge

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Private George Frederick STURGE,  G/2826,  8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 17th June 1916.

26th January 1891, born Bethnal Green, Middlesex, son of James Albert & Alice Sturge.

1911 Census - 38 North Street, Mare Street, South Hackney, London NE - James Sturge, head, age 42, married 22 years, 12 children, 4 still alive, French Polisher, worker, born Shoreditch, London; George Sturge, son, age 19, single, sawyer, worker, born Bethnal Green, London; Alice Sturge, daughter, age 13, school, born Bethnal Green, London; Harry Sturge, son, age 8, born Bethnal Green, London; William Sturge, son, age 5, born Bethnal Green, London.

Enlisted Hackney, Middlesex, age 22 years, height 5ft 8½ inches, weight 131lbs, medium complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, one tattoo mark right forearm. Resided Bow, Middlesex. Formerly labourer.

Home 9th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 17th June 1916.

9th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th January 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 4th April 1915 Redhill, absent from Tattoo until Tattoo 6th April 1915, deprived of 12 days pay, forfeits 3 days pay; 1st May 1915, Shoreham, making an improper & obscene remark to an NCO, 7 days confined to Barracks; 13th June 1915, Shoreham, overstaying his pass from 12 midnight until Reveille 15th June 1915, deprived of 3 days pay, 10 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 30th August 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 19th December 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 4th April 1916, deprived of Lance stripe for neglect of duty whilst NCO on watch of his Platoon in the trenches; 18th April 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal.

22nd September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, James Sturge, No.23, Wennington Road, Grove Road; Mother, unknown; Brothers - William Edwin? Sturge, age 13½ years, No.23, Wennington Road, Grove Road; Henry James Sturge, age 16 years, No.23, Wennington Road, Grove Road; Sisters - Kate Murphy, No.95 Borough Road, Southwark SE1; Alice Maud Sturge, No.95 Borough Road, Southwark SE1.

Buried at Dranoutre Military Cemetery, II. D. 2., Belgium.