Private Vernon William Gellatly

Army Number : 28241

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Sheffield, Yorkshire and lived at Bulwell, Nottingham. Son of Robert and Mary Ann Gellatly, of 82, Broomhill Road, Bulwell, Nottingham. He was an assistant Grocer prior to enlisting at Nottingham. Killed in action, 3rd September 1916, during the attack near Beaumont Hamel, France during the Battle of the Somme.

Buried: Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France. Row D. Grave 1.

Private Gellatly is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Mary the Virgin Church War Memorial, Bulwell, Nottingham.