Private George Henry Fletcher

Army Number: 268821

Battalion: 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Hyson Green, Nottingham and lived at Long Eaton, Derbyshire. Son of Richard and Sarah Fletcher, of Nottingham; Husband of Beatrice Fletcher, of 25, Preston Terrace, Banbury Street, Meadows, Nottingham. He was a sock trimmer prior to enlisting at Derby. He was killed in action, 20th September 1917, aged 36, during the attack on Bulgar Wood, Belgium.

Buried: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 66. Row C. Grave 5.

Private George Henry Fletcher is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Loggerheads Public House War Memorial, St. Mary’s Church. Nottingham.