Private Arthur Binns
Army Number : 1608
Battalion : 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born and lived at Nottingham. Son of Joseph and Jane E. Binns, of 4 Buckingham Terrace, Fisher Street, Nottingham. He was a Lace Threader prior to enlisting 11th May 1912. He went to France 28th February 1915 and was killed in action, 31st July 1915, during a German attack near Sanctuary Wood, Belgium.
Buried : Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 41.
Private Arthur Binns is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Stephen’s Church War Memorial, Hyson Green, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.