Saturday 7 August 2010

436 Sgt Arthur Sistern, 2nd Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers

436 Sergeant Arthur Sistern of the 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers is classed as a First World Casualty because he died two days after Britain declared war on Germany. He was 32 years old, stationed in India and was presumably originally buried in a military or British-maintained graveyard in India. These days, that grave appears to have been lost and he is commemorated on the Kirkee War Memorial at Pune.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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