Private Alfred Edward Ellis

Army Number : 71792

Battalion : 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born in Nottingham and lived at West Street, Heanor, Derbyshire. Husband of Mabel Ellis, of 23A, Derby Road, Heanor. He was a postman prior to enlisting at Heanor. He died of wounds 9th June 1917, age 30.

Buried : Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 15. Row H. Grave 6A.

Private Alfred Edward Ellis is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Lawrence’s Church War Memorial, Heanor, Derbyshire.