Private George Meakin

Army Number: 21514

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of Harry And Florence Meakin, of Nottingham. Went to France on 24th August 1915. Killed in action 5th July 1916, aged 18, in the attack on the German positions at La Boisselle, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Buried: Ovillers Military Cemetery, France. Plot 13. Row R. Grave 1.