Private George Hemsley

Army Number : 22485

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

Born at Nottingham and lived at Woodthorpe, Nottingham. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hemsley, of 10, Maitland Road, Woodthorpe Drive, Mapperley, Nottingham. He enlisted at Nottingham and went to France 17th August 1915. He was killed in action, 2nd March 1917, aged 20, whilst serving in the line near Mazingarbe, France.

Buried: Vermelles British Cemetery, France. Plot 5. Row B. Grave 43.

Private George Hemsley is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Mapperley War Memorial, Nottingham.
St. Paul’s Church War Memorial, Daybrook, Nottingham.