Private Ernest Cuttriss

Army Number: 24131

Battalion: 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born in Lenton, Nottingham and lived at 155, Franchise Terrace, Nottingham. Son of Mrs A. E. Cuttriss, of 7, Westville Street, Nottingham. Husband of Louie Cuttriss. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Hucknall. He was killed in action, 17th July 1916, aged 25, by German shellfire, whilst in the line south-east of Trones Wood, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

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

Private Ernest Cuttriss is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.