Private Harold Branson

Army Number : 20629 (formerly 4651)

Battalion : 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Nottingham and lived at 19, Argyll Street, Nottingham. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Branson, of 37, Trafalgar Street, Radford, Nottingham. He enlisted 7th May 1915 at Nottingham and went to France 11th July 1916. He was killed in action, 8th October 1916, aged 20, whilst serving in the line near Grosville, France.

Buried : Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, France. Plot 1. Row H. Grave 9.

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