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Also of his brother Douglas St George
2nd Lieut Sherwood Foresters
Killed in action 23 Oct 1917
Aged 25 Buried in Flanders
Let not your heart be troubled John 14.1
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Monmouth Cemetery
Monmouthshire
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Douglas St George
Pettigrew
8th August 1892
Tramore, Co Waterford, Ireland
23rd October 1917
Mortally wounded attacking German pillboxes near Gheluvelt, Belgium and died the following morning at No 10 Casualty Clearing Station
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Lijssenthoek Military Cementery, Flanders, Belgium
First World War
Second Lieutenant
17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
14th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
Severely wounded at Thiepval on the Somme in October 1916 and had applied to join the Royal Flying Corps
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