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Regiment: Middlesex Regt.
Died: 16 August 1916 aged 23 in France. Killed in action.
Battle: Battle of the Somme. Cemetery: Ration Farm Armentieres II C 3
Son of G. Sturt, Lismore, Weybridgc. b. 1893.
Upper IV—Modern I. Boldero Prize. House Prefect.
King's College, London (Engineering School).
Great War, Private Middlesex Regt. 1914; Lieutenant.
'He was known amongst us as a boy of high principle, courteous manners, and considerable ability, especially interested in scientific subjects. He was studying engineering at King's College, London, when at the beginning of the war he joined the Public Schools Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. He was given a commission in the Regiment in December 1914. In August 1915, when he had been barely a month at the front, he was wounded, but returned to his Battalion last March. He was killed by a German sniper on August 16th, just after carrying out a dangerous patrol with great success. He was considered a very capable officer, "one of the best in the Battalion," said his Colonel, and a touching letter from his Platoon Sergeant concludes thus : "I can truly say that he was beloved by his own Platoon; not only was he a leader whom any man would be proud to follow, but also his great abilities were always freely at the disposal of all wishing to consult him when in doubt or difficulty. We could not help admiring him as a man as well as respecting him as an officer."' (Malvernian, Dec 1916).