Major Francis George Cursham

Army Number: n/a

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

Born at Wilford, Nottingham. Son of Henry Alfred and Francis A.E. Cursham, of Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire. Educated at Repton School and was an insurance agent at Weekday Cross, Nottingham prior to obtaining a commission into the 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 26th April 1909. He was promoted Lieutenant 14th March 1910, Captain 4th August 1914 and Major, 1st June 1916. He served during the Irish Rebellion in 1916 and died of wounds at Waverley Hospital, 1st August 1918, aged 29, that he sustained in a road traffic accident at Aldershot

Buried: Holme Pierrepont (St. Edmund) Churchyard, Nottinghamshire. North of the church.

Major Francis George Cursham is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Edmunds Church Lychgate War Memorial, Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire.
Nottinghamshire Amateur Cricket Club War Memorial, Bestwood/Papplewick, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.