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Pte. John George Pattison
British Army 1/5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.4th Dec 1917)
John George Pattinson served in the 1st/5th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry and died in Heilsberg POW Camp on the 4th December 1917 aged 24. A lot of prisoners were transferred to that camp after the Battle of Cambrai in 1917. The camp had a large hospital nearby. He is remembered at the Monkton Memorial, St Paul's Church and the Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Heilsberg POW Cemetery Memorial.
John was the son of Mr and Mrs G Pattison, 2 East Grove, High Ford, Hylton Road, Sunderland. He was married to Elizabeth Pattinson of South Lodge, East Jarrow.