George William Sterndale Sherratt
1/5th North Staffords, George William Sterndale Sherratt was one of the many pottery employees who joined the battalion. He was a twenty-one year old potters thrower, Sherratt enlisted at Hanley Drill Hall on 13th August 1914 and immediately volunteered for overseas service. He was wounded on 1st July 1916 and was awarded the Military Medal for his actions that day. He was later commissioned and served with the 7th Battalion in Mesopotamia and at Baku with Dunsterforce.
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