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World War One Sturches
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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.
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Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France:
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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).
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Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France:
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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).
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Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium:
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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).
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Merville Communal Cemetary, Nord, France:
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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).
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Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Mesen, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium:
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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).
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Guards Cemetary, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France:
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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).
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Terlincthun British Cemetary, Wimille, France:
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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).
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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetary, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium:
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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).
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Leeds (Lawns Wood) Cemetary, Yorkshire, England:
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Leeds (Lawns Wood) Cemetery contains 138 burial of the First
World War. (More information can be found on the
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
website).
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Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France:
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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).
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Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire, England:
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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:
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:
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:
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Please note that the published information cannot be guaranteed
to be 100% accurate, so if you spot any errors or omissions
please let me know via the feedback
form, thanks!
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