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CSM. Walter Philibert Geerts
British Army 17th (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Lefevre Terrace, Old Ford, East London
My grandfather, Walter Geerts was born in 1889, he joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles in 1909. He worked at Osman & Co., Commercial Road, East London.
Called up in September 1914 went to France with the Battalion as CSM in March 1915 and served throughout that year including Battle of Loos. He returned home, I believe, in 1916 suffering from rheumatic fever and stayed with reserve battalion at their depot until 1919.