Private George Robert Roberts

Army Number: 4011

Battalion: 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Son of Robert Albert and Emma Roberts, of Pit Lane, Shirland, Alfreton; Husband of Bertha Roberts, of Victoria Buildings, Stonebroom, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Went to France on 10th November 1915. Killed in action, 1st July 1916, aged 29, in the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Private George Robert Roberts — Derbyshire Courier 19th August 1916.

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