Private Sam Lane

Army Number : 21461 (formerly 22461)

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

Born at Nottingham and Husband of Eliza Lane, of 1, South Street, Nottingham. Son of William and Sara Ann Lane, of 3, Coldham Street, Sneinton, Nottingham. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Nottingham, He went to France 20th July 1915 and died of wounds, 17th September 1916, aged 32, at Camiers, France.

Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Plot 10. Row E. Grave 11.

Private Sam Lane is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Loggerheads Public House War Memorial, St Mary’s Church, Nottingham.