George William Grainger
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George William Grainger was born in 1898 at Nottingham,he was the son of William Henry a bricklayer and Emma Grainger née Fettiplace and the brother of Emily Sophia and Albert Ernest Grainger.
His father William Henry was born in 1874 at Nottingham, he died on 29th June 1916 at Meopotamia and his mother Emma Fettiplace was born in 1874 at Nottingham, they were married in 1899 at Rotherham, they went onto have 57 children sadly 4 were to die in infancy or early childhood. .
In 1911 they lived at 8 Lake Yard, Island Street, Nottingham. William Henry 36 yrs is a bricklayer he is living with is wife Emma 36 yrs a lace clipper and their children, George William 13 yrs, Emily Sophia 11 yrs and Albert Ernest 4 yrs of age.
Private George William Grainger enlisted at Nottingham, he served with the 9th battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment.
He was killed during the Second Battle of the Sambre in France along with his brother in law Lewis George Ellis, also a Nottingham man but living in Derbyshire.George enlisted after January 1st 1916 and received the British War Medal and Victory Medal. After taking Sebourg, elements of the battalion attacked the hills beyond without artillery support. They were caught in severe machine gun fire and sustained heavy casualties with around fifty men killed. The positions where taken the following day with the help of artillery and with no deaths. It would be the battalion's last battle of World War One.
Buried in VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY III. B. 17
Military research by Paul Ellis and John Morse
His father Sapper 57381 William Henry Grainger 88th Field Company, Royal Engineers also served and died in the Great War he died on 29th June 1916 of fever at No 16 Casualty Clearing Station Mesopotamia, he is buried at Amara War Cemetery,
In memoriam published 4th November 1919 in the Nottingham Evening Post :-
“GRAINGER. – In loving memory of my dear son, G. William Grainger, Sherwood Foresters, of 8 Leopold-terrace, Denman-street, who was killed in action November 4th, 1918; also my dear husband, William H. Grainger, [1] Sapper, Royal Engineers, who died of fever in Salonika, June 29th, 1915. [sic] Gone from our home and never will be forgotten. – From his sorrowing mother, brothers, and sisters, also wife and children, aunt, uncle, and Fred.”
[1]Spr. William Henry Grainger, 88th Field Company Royal Engineers, died in Np. 16 Casualty Clearing Station, Mesopotamia, on 29th June 1916. Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, he was the husband of Emma Grainger.
Above entry and research is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
additional research and information Peter Gillings
George Wiiliam Grainger grave
31385 Private George William Grainger was killed on 4 November 1918 and is buried in Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery, grave III.B.17. Visited by John Morse and cross laid.