World War One Sturches

There were many young Sturch boys who died in the First World War. If you know of any others that I've missed please let me know via the feedback form.

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France:

The Thiepval Memorial is the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. It bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. (More information can be found on the Commonwealth War Grave Commission website).

• Private Albert Sturch, Wiltshire Regiment

• Rifleman Frank Edmund Sturch, Rifle Brigade

• Rifleman Wilfred Sturch, Rifle Brigade

Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France:

Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from other burial grounds in the area and from the battlefields. (More information can be found on the Commonwealth War Grave Commission website).

• Private Albert George Sturch, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium:

The Ploegsteert Memorial commemorates more than 11,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in this sector during the First World War and have no known grave. (More information can be found on the Commonwealth War Grave Commission website).

• Rifleman Christopher James Sturch, Rifle Brigade

Merville Communal Cemetary, Nord, France:

Merville Communal Cemetary contains 1,268 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, and 12 French war graves. (More information can be found on the Commonwealth War Grave Commission website).

• Private Edward Sturch, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium:

The Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial stands within Messines Ridge British Cemetery and commemorates over 800 soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force who died in or near Messines in 1917 and 1918 and who have no known grave. (More information can be found on the Commonwealth War Grave Commission website).

• Private Edward Joseph Sturch, Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

Guards Cemetary, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France:

A little west of the crossroads known to the army as 'Windy Corner' was a house used as a battalion headquarters and dressing station. The cemetery grew up beside this house. Guards Cemetery now contains 3,443 burials and commemorations of the First World War. (More information can be found on the Commonwealth War Grave Commission website).

• Private Frank Sturch, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

Terlincthun British Cemetary, Wimille, France:

The cemetery at Terlincthun was begun in June 1918 when the space available for service burials in the civil cemeteries of Boulogne and Wimereux was exhausted.  It now contains 4,378 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and more than 200 war graves of other nationalities, most of them German.  (More information can be found on the Commonwealth War Grave Commission website).

• Private Francis Frederick Sturch, Royal Berkshire Regiment

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetary, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium:

The cemetery contains 9,901 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, a few of which were brought in from the battlefields after the Armistice, and 883 war graves of other nationalities, mostly French and German. It is the second largest Commonwealth cemetery in Belgium. (More information can be found on the Commonwealth War Grave Commission website).

• Rifleman Frederick Gordon Sturch, King's Royal Rifle Corps

Leeds (Lawns Wood) Cemetary, Yorkshire, England:

Leeds (Lawns Wood) Cemetery contains 138 burial of the First World War. (More information can be found on the Commonwealth War Grave Commission website).

• Private George Sturch, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France:

In all 1,689 Commonwealth casualties of the First World War are buried or commemorated in the cemetery. (More information can be found on the Commonwealth War Grave Commission website).

• Private George Albert Sturch, Army Service Corps

Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire, England: There is a School 'In Memory' Memorial on the wall of the Public Library in Church Street.  The Sturches listed on the School Memorial are: A Sturch E Sturch The Main Great War or First World War Memorial can be found outside St Edmunds Church in Church Street. The Sturches listed on the Great War Memorial are: Private A Sturch, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Battalion Light Infantry Private E Sturch, Warwick Royal Regiment Within St Edmund's Church in Church Street is a Roll of Honour, showing all those who fought in the Great War. Those who died are shown in red. The Sturches listed on the Church Roll of Honour are: Private A Sturch, Oxford Battalion Light Infantry Private E Sturch, Warwick Royal Regiment Private F Sturch, Warwick Royal Regiment Lnc Cpl C E Sturch, Cheshire Regiment Private G Sturch, Royal Worcester Regiment Private H Sturch, Royal Worcester Regiment		School Memorial Honour Roll Honour Roll Detail Great War Memorial Great War Memorial Detail
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