Private George Barratt

Army Number: 200941 (formerly 3274)

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

Born at New Sawley, Derbyshire and lived at 16, King Street, Long Eaton, Derbyshire. Son of John and Lucy Barratt, of 63 Cotton Lane, Derby. Husband of Emma Elizabeth Barratt, of 31, Hawthorne Drive, New Sawley. He was a lace twist hand prior to enlisting at Long Eaton and went to France on 25th June 1915. He was killed in action, on 1st July 1916, in the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

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

Private George Barratt is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Long Eaton Town Hall War Memorial, Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
All Saint’s Church War Memorial, Sawley, Derbyshire.