Private William Bramwell

Army Number: 20855

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born at Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire and lived at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Son of John and Mary Bramwell, of Mansfield Woodhouse. He enlisted at Mansfield and went to France on 11th October 1915. He was killed in action, on 1st July 1916, during the attack on the German positions near Ovillers, 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.

Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private William Bramwell is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.