Private George William Cartwright

Army Number : 2999

Battalion : 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at North Muskham, Nottinghamshire. Son of Charles and Agnes Cartwright, of The Grange Cottages, Hawton, Newark, Nottinghamshire. He was employed in malting at Taylor’s of Newark prior to enlisting 9th November 1914 at Newark. He went to France 28th June 1915 and was killed in action, 30th August 1915, aged 20, whilst in the line near Hooge, Belgium.

Buried : Woods Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 13.

Woods Cemetery, Belgium.

Private George William Cartwright is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
All Saint’s Church War Memorial, Hawton, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

His brother Private Charley Cartwright, West Yorkshire Regiment, also fell in the Great War.