Private Harry Brailsford

Army Number: 50095

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

Born and lived at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Son of Samuel and Jane Brailsford, of 5, The Rookery, Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was a greengrocer’s errand boy prior to enlisting at Chesterfield.  He died of wounds on 11th November 1917.

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

Private Harry Brailsford is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Thomas the Apostles Church War Memorial, Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.