Corporal George Crane

Army Number: 23859

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Kirkaldy, Fife, Scotland and lived in Nottingham. Son of John and Mary Crane, of 13 Teversall Avenue, Nottingham. He was a lace draughtsman prior to enlisting at Liverpool. He was killed in action on 5th July 1916 in the attack on the German positions at La Boisselle, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Corporal George Crane is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.