Geoffrey Alfred Robert Sterry, 6 Medium Regt RA

Hello my name is Luke Sowieralski Geoffrey Alfred Robert Sterry’s cousin what would the charge be to do a research of him his in information....

service number 5826156
Rank gunner
Royal artillery 6 medium reg
Died July 6th 1942

Casualty Details | CWGC

 

The record below, found on FindMyPast, shows he was originally a member of the 5th Sussex Suffolk Regiment, and at the time of his death due to Spontaneous Pneumoniam was a member of the Royal Artillery.

Further information can be found by applying for his service records from the MOD, information on how to do that can be found here: Get a copy of military service records, including the cost.

 

Hello it Luke Sowieralski again I’m curious how do you get spontaneous pneumonia? What could you get it from during or at war?

 

Sorry, I misread the document. The cause of death was spontaneous PNEUMOTHORAX.

Spontaneous Pneumothorax Symptoms, Risk Factors, & Treatment | John Wayne Cancer Institute

 

Luke, To answer your question directly the cost of obtaining his official service record (post #2 above) is £30, as he died in service you do not need a death certificate, just print off the certificate from the CWGC. Unfortunately a very long wait at present. If you were interested in tracing the whole of his service the next step, after his records, would be war diaries based on the particular units that he served with at the appropriate time.

His service number, 5826156, shows that he enlisted with the Suffolk Regiment (not Sussex Regiment as post #2)

A photo of his grave can be obtained here:
Photograph of the final resting place of Sterry, Geoffrey Alfred Robert - The War Graves Photographic Project

Bury Free Press, Saturday, August 8th, 1942

Not sure if it is only war service you are seeking but other details are:
Source General Register Office birth registration
Name: Geoffrey A R Sterry
Mother's Maiden Name: Atkinson
Registration Year: 1914
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Bury St Edmunds
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 4a
Page: 1752

Source General Register Office War Death Army Other Ranks (1939 To 1948)
War Second World War, 1939-1945
Record set British Armed Forces And Overseas Deaths And Burials
First name(s) Geoffrey A R
Sex Male
Last name Sterry
Death year 1942
Service number 5826156
Rank Gunner
Unit or regiment Royal Artillery
Type Armed Forces
Year 1942
Volume 15
Page 234

 

Apologies for that, but my brain, since a youngster and while living in England, has perpetually transposed the two Counties. I shall endeavour to do better.

Mark