Lance Corporal Alma Adolphus Grant

Army Number : 3194

Battalion : 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born in Bedford, Bedfordshire. Son of Joshua and Mary Alma Grant, of 14 Charles Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire. Was a fitter at Ransome and Marles Works in Newark, Nottinghamshire. Enlisted at Newark, Nottinghamshire, 16th November 1914 and went to France 28th June 1915. Killed in action 27th June 1916 aged 20, whilst serving in the line at Foncquevillers, France.

Buried: Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France. Plot I, Row F, Grave 22.

Lance Corporal Alma Adolphus Grant is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Newark Cemetery War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church Parishioners War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Ransome and Marles Works War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.