Notts Free Press, 22nd November 1918
ROBERTS G. W.
George William Roberts
Private 108427
11th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Notts Free Press, 22nd November 1918
George William Roberts died on Wednesday 6 November 1918, aged 21, and was buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France.
He was born on 27th November 1896 at Priestsic Lane, Sutton-in-Ashfield, to parents Richard Roberts and Mary Ann (formerly HOGG).
(Possible obituary printed in Notts Free Press, 22nd Nov 1918?)
In Memoriam - Notts Free Press - 22nd November 1918
Roberts - In loving memory of Private George William Roberts (Notts & Derbys), the beloved son of Richard & Mary Ann Roberts, who died in Rouen Hospital, France, November 6th 1918, aged 21. Could we have seen him still in life, or watched his dying bed; could we have heard his last farewell, or raised his dying head. Our hearts we think would not have felt such bitterness and grief, but God has willed it otherwise, and makes rest in peace - From loving Mother, Father, Sisters and Brothers; also brother Arthur in France.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
ROBERTS George William, born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts., Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield), 11th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby) Private 108427, Died, France & Flanders, 6th November 1918.
Research by Heather Faulkes
