Private GEORGE SPERRY2nd/5th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derbys Regt |
Extract from 'Langley Mill's and Aldercar's Part in the Victory' by S. Ashmore and A.C.S. Ashmore (University of London).
Soldiers Died Information:-
BORN: Langley Mill, Derbys. ENLISTED: Ripley, Derbyshire. RESIDENCE: Langley Mill. KILLED IN ACTION Theatre of War France & Flanders
SERVICE No: 16287
CWGC Information:
Commemorated/Buried : Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.
1901 Census - George was employed as an Iron Striker aged 20 living with his parents Thomas & Elizabeth Sperry at Bridge Street, Heanor. He was one of thirteen offspring listed on the census return.
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