VARNAM A.

Albert Varnam

Private* 72756

8th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Albert Varnam died on Monday 22nd April 1918, and was buried in the RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.

He was born c1895/6 at Kirkby, and was the son of William & Elizabeth Varnam. William Varnam was a Coal Miner and a native of Selston, who married Elizabeth Dovey at Annesley in December 1886.

 

 

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Machine Gun Corps’

VARNAM Albert. Born Nuncargate, Notts, enlisted Mansfield (resides Nuncargate). Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), Private 72756, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 22nd April 1918. Formerly 18636 Notts & Derby Regiment.

 

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Research by Heather Faulkes
* Although the War Memorial gives his rank as L/Cpl, current sources all show rank as Private.