Private George Henry Bryan

Army Number: 70652 (formerly 24827, Leicestershire Regiment)

Battalion: 7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Barrowden, Rutland. Son of Levi and Sarah Bryan, of Barrowden. He was a boot repairer prior to enlisting at Uppingham, Rutland. He served in Dublin during the Irish Rebellion of 1916. He later went to France and was transferred to the 7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. He died of wounds, 7th April 1918, aged 22. as a prisoner of war in Kassel, Germany.

Buried/Commemorated : Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany. Plot 9. Row A. Grave 3.

Private George Henry Bryan is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Peters Church War Memorial, Barrowden, Rutland.