Private GEORGE SPERRY

2nd/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.

Last updated July 2006


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