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Padre Gerard Nesbitt CdeG, MID

British Army Att. 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Royal Army Chaplain's Department

from:Felling

(d.5th July 1944)

Rev. Gerard Nesbitt was a teacher as St Cuthbert's Grammar School, Newcastle before he joined the DLI in 1940. He served in North Africa and Sicily before joining the D-Day landings. He was killed by a stray shell as he was burying his predecessor. He was awarded the French Croix de Guerre and was also Mentioned in Dispatches as confirmed in the London Gazette dated 12th January 1944.

Fr Gerard Nesbitt (Centre) N. Africa



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