Private Arthur Brailsford

Army Number: 87105

Battalion: 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Danesmoor, Derbyshire and lived at Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Son of George Henry and Maria Brailsford, of 3 Park Street, Clay Cross. He was a coal sorter prior to enlisting on 28th May 1916. He went to France on 27th August 1917 and was killed in action, on 22nd September 1917, in the attack on Bulgar Wood, Near Ypres, Belgium. 

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Private Arthur Brailsford is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Bartholomew’s Church War Memorial, Clay Cross, Derbyshire.