Private Harold Greenwood

Army Number: 27986

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

Born at Nottingham and lived at 101, Clarence Street, Nottingham. Son of George and Ada Greenwood. He was an errand boy prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, 3rd September 1916, aged 19, during the attack on the German positions, north-west of Thiepval, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

His brother Sergeant Ernest Greenwood, 1st R.M. Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry, also fell in the Great War.