Sturt, Ernest Guy Maclean
Second Lieutenant Ernest Guy Maclean Sturt, Middlesex Regiment who fell on August 16, aged 23, was the younger son of Mr. Gerald Sturt, of Lismore, Weybridge, and of 7 King's Bench-walk, solicitor and of the late Mrs. Mabel Frances Sturt. He was educated at Cottesmore School, Brighton, and Malvern College, and at the outbreak of war was studying engineering at King's College. He joined the Public Schools Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment and obtained his commission in December, 1914. He went to the front in July, 1915, was wounded in the following month, and rejoined his battalion at the front last March. The Times 22 Aug 1916
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Sturt |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Ernest Guy Maclean |
| Family details | Son of Gerald and Mabel Frances Sturt, of Lismore, Weybridge, Surrey |
| Previous education | Cottesmore School, Brighton; Malvern College |
| College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
| Dept / course | Engineering |
| Military unit | Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), 12th Battn |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Date of death | 6 August 1916 |
| Age at death | 23 |
| Rank at death | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Burial place | Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chappelle-Darmentieres |
| Commemoration(s) | King's College Chapel; Weybridge War Memorial; |
| Sources | King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves; Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919; The Times |
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