George Henry Francis
Service Number
31351
Military Unit
17th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Date of Death
01 Aug 1917 (35 years old)
Place of Birth
Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies
George Francis worked as a coal miner in 1901 and as a colliery banksman (above ground) in 1911.
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
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Family History
George Henry Francis was the son of George Francis and Annie Beeson who married at Nottingham in 1868. Among their children were: Herbert (b.1869), Jane Ann (b.1873), Frederick (b.1879) and George Henry (b.1881). They lived at: 10 Hutchinson Street, Nottingham [C.1871]; Union Terrace, St Ann’s [C.1881]; 6 Radford Grove Lane, Radford [C.1901]; 15 Baron Street, Radford [C.1911]. George Francis, who was a lace draughtsman, died at Nottingham, aged 61, in 1910. His widow, Ann, died at Nottingham, aged 70, in 1921.
Military History
Francis enlisted at Nottingham and died of wounds.
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Grave Reference: XVII A 6
Extra Information
His birth was registered J/A/S/1881 so he may have been 36 when killed.
Photographs
George Henry Francis
Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Courtesy of Murray Biddle