Private William Henry Bettridge
Army Number: 32124
Battalion: 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born and lived at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Son of Herbert and Emma Bettridge of 80 Carlingford Road, Hucknall. He was a Coal Miner prior to enlisting at Hucknall and was killed in action, 3rd September 1916, during the attack near Beaumont Hamel, France during the Battle of the Somme.
Buried : Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France. Row F. Grave 5.
Private William Henry Bettridge is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary Magdalene Church War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Titchfield Park War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.


