SHEAF, George Arran

Tyne Cot Memorial, BelgiumCredit: CWGC

Private
2nd/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles
Hampshire Regiment

George was born 1892 in Newport to Alfred Horatio & Fanny (nee DREDGE) SHEAF of Hurstake, Riverside, Newport. He married Maud Elizabeth SPEARING in 1915 at St. Mary’s Church in Carisbrooke & lived at 39 Crocker Street, Newport.

George, age 26, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 27th of August 1915. George’s body was never recovered or identified & so he is commemorated by the Commission on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium together with 34,968 of his missing First World War comrades.

George is also remembered on the County, Newport & Carisbrooke War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.