Private George William Henley

Army Number : 328016 (formerly 3522 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.)

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

Born at Nottingham and lived at 14, Prospect Street, Radford, Nottingham. Son of William and Caroline Georgina May Henley, of 24. Raleigh Street, Nottingham. Husband of Harriet Henley. He was a lacemaker prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, 8th June 1917, aged 36, whilst serving in the trenches near Lievin, France.

Buried: Loos British Cemetery, France. Plot 19. Row B. Grave 6.

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

His brother Private John Henley, 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.