Private William Grainger

Army Number : 18728

Battalion : 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Lived at 21, Osborne Terrace, Radford, Nottingham. Son of Henry and Alice Grainger, of 18, Smallman Street, Stafford. Husband of Edith Grainger. He was a bobbin and carriage maker for lace machinery prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He went to France 21st April 1915 and died of wounds, 14th September 1916, aged 28.

Buried: Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery, Bray-Sur-Somme, France. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 35.

Private William Grainger is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Radford, Nottingham.