Company Sergeant Major William George Domleo

Army Number: 265417 formerly Lasnce- Sergeant 2270

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

Croix De Guerre (Belgium.).

Born 15th SAeptember 1883 at Normanton-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire. Son of Tom and Alice Domleo, of 2, Brookhill Rd. Stapleford, Nottingham.He was a professional fottballer with Bury F.C. prior to enlisting at Nottingham he went to France 25th February 1915 and was killed in action, 13th April 1918, aged 34. by heavy german shelling, whilst in the trenches near Neove-Eglise.

Died:

Buried: Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 5. Row A. Grave 22.

He is also commemorated at St Helen’s Church, Stapleford, where a stained-glass window was dedicated to his memory. He is also remembered on the Nottingham High School memorial.