STEER Ernest Gerorge

  • First Name(s):
    Ernest 
    Gerorge 
  • Surname:
    STEER
  • Service Number:
    831310
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Brigade:
    18th Brigade
  • Unit:
    D Battery
  • Naval Service:
    Merchant Navy Reserve
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    3rd July 1918
  • Age At Death:
    29
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Grave IV. J. 23
  • Place of Birth:
    Salisbury, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Walter and Alice Steer, 43 Bedwin St., Salisbury, Wiltshire

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STEER Ernest Gerorge Is Named On These Memorials

Hindlip St James WW1 and WW2 Police Roll of Honour

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Listed on the memorial as Ernest Steer under Worcester City Police

Further Information About STEER Ernest Gerorge

On the 1911 census Ernest Steer aged 21 is resident at home with his parents and three of his five siblings. He is employed as a Grocer’s Assistant.

Berrow’s Worcester Journal, Saturday 20th July 1918:
City Police Constable’s Death
Police Constable Ernest Steer, of the City Police Force, died on 3rd July, as the result of an accident through being crushed between two lorries. The Matron of the hospital in France wrote to his parents that he was brave and cheerful, and patient, and insisted on sending a field card to his mother saying he was getting on well after his injuries. P.C. Steer was appointed to the Force in June 1913, and left to join the R.F.A. in June, 1915.

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