Private Edwin Brentnall
Army Number : 12325
Battalion : 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Lived at Stanhope Street, Sneinton, Nottingham. He enlisted at Nottingham and went to France 28th November 1914 with the 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. He was transferred to the 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and was killed in action, 8th August 1916, aged 19, during the attack on the German positions at Delville Wood, France, during the Battle of the Somme.
Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.
Private Edward Brentnall is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Titchfield Park War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

