Notts Free Press, 1st November 1918
GROVES H.
Herbert Groves
Private 72077
1st/5th Bn., Devonshire Regiment
Notts Free Press, 1st November 1918
Herbert Groves died on Monday 30 September 1918, aged 18 years, and was buried in MASNIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, MARCOING, Nord, France.
He was born on 10th January 1900 on Stoneyford Lane, the only son of William & Charlotte Groves. William Groves was a Coal Miner, and a native of Beighton, Derbys, who married Charlotte Ann Stanway in 1895. At the time of Herbert's death, the family resided at 15 Mount Pleasant, Stoneyford Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield.
Notts Free Press, 1st November 1918
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
Devonshire Regiment’
GROVES
Herbert. Born Ashfield, Notts, enlisted
Nottingham (resides Ashfield). 5th (P.O.W.) Bn. (Territorials),
Private 72077, Killed in Action,
France & Flanders, 30th September 1918.
Research by Heather Faulkes
