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Sgt. George Sheldon
British Army 8th Btn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

(d.30th September 1916)
George Sheldon was born in Attercliffe in Derbyshire, then moved to Yorkshire. He enlisted in K1 8th Duke of Wellington's Regiment in 1914 and did his training. Then he set sail to Gallipoli. He was evacuated from there and he was then sent to the Western Front in 1915.
He was married to Mary-Anne Sheldon. They had three daughters, of which my grandma was the eldest child. She was 10 years old when George was presumed killed in action. He was 36 years old.

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