Private George Grainger

Army Number: 21784

Battalion: 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Son of Samuel and Hannah Grainger, of 11, Sylvester Street, Hucknall. Was a coal miner and enlisted at Hucknall. He was killed in action whilst serving on the canal bank near Ypres, 19th June 1917, age 30.

Buried: Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot I, Row C, Grave 8.

Private Grainger is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
St. Mary Magdalen Church War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Titchfield Park War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.