Private Francis Cave

Army Number: 91199

Battalion: 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Son of Frank and Lucy Cave, of 45 Mill Street, Ilkeston. He was a barman at the Railway Inn, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, prior to enlisting at Ilkeston. He was killed in action, 21st March 1918, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7.

Private Francis Cave is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Ilkeston War Memorial, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.

His brother Driver Clarence Cave, 59th Brigade Royal Field Artillery also fell in the Great War.