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Name:

George SEWELL

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

15815

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Age at Death:

Unit:

11th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers, 68th Brigade, 23rd Division.

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Clydebank, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Place of Residence:

Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

How Died:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

Friday 3rd September 1915

Place of Death:

In hospital, Le Havre, France.

Battle/Campaign:

68th Brigade, 23rd Division, XI Corps. Armienteres Front. Concentration for Division was completed on 31st August around St. Omer construction of defences of the Second Army and carrying parties. 5th September the Division transferred to the III Corps.

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

St Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France. Div 19.1.3

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 7, 25th September 1915.

Family Details:

Son of the late Robert and Sarah Sewell, of Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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