Private William Henry Bainbridge

Army Number: 46374

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

Born in Nottingham and lived at 109, Gordon Road, Nottingham. Son of John and Clara Bainbridge, of 158, Blue Bell Hill Road, Nottingham. He was a Brushmaker prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, 8th October 1916, aged 25, during the German counterattack near Thiepval, France during the Battle of the Somme.

Buried Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, France. Plot 9. Row F. Grave 2.

Private William Henry Bainbridge is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Bartholomew’s Church Roll of Honour (Nottinghamshire Archives), Nottingham.