Private James William Massey

Army Number: 1791 formerly 1790

Battalion : 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Son of Mr. C. Milner, of 41, Princess Street, Castle Geesley, Burton-On-Trent; Husband of Mary E. Eaglefield (Formerly Massey), of 11, Market Street, Swadlincote, Burton-On-Trent. Went to France on 1st March 1915. Killed in action, 1st July 1916, aged 23, during the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Buried : Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row L. Grave 39.

Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France.
Private Alfred Else grave