Private Frank (Francis Robert) Green

Army Number : 14022

Battalion : 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Buxton, Derbyshire 8th September 1889 and lived at Buxton. Son of Fred and Thirza Green, of 1, Kings Road, Fairfield, Buxton, Derbyshire. He was a Stonemason’s Labourer prior to enlisting at Derby. He was killed in action, 9th February 1917, aged 28, during the raid on German trenches near Mazingarbe, France.

Buried: Vermelles British Cemetery, France. Plot 5. Row C. Grave 31.

Private Green is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Fairfield, Derbyshire.
The Slopes War Memorial, Buxton, Derbyshire.