Private George Ellis

Army Number : 18181

Battalion : 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Arnold, Nottinghamshire. Son of George and Eliza Ellis, of 159, Front Street, Arnold. Husband of Sarah Ann Ellis. He was a butchers assistant prior to enlisting at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He went to France 27th August 1915 and was killed in action, 9th April 1917, during the attack at Hill 60, near Ypres, Belgium.

Buried : Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 9. Row J. Grave 44.

Private G. Ellis is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.